1. In the diagram below, a train of waves is moving along a
string.
What is the wavelength?
(1) 1 m
(2) 2 m
(3) 3 m
(4) 6 m
Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the diagram below
represents a transverse wave.
2. How many cycles are shown in the diagram?
(1) 1
(3) 3
(2) 2
(4) 1.5
3. A wavelength is the distance between points
(1) A and C
(3) B and H
(2) A and E
(4) I and D
4. If the period of the wave is 2 seconds, its frequency is
(1) 0.5 Hz
(3) 3.0 Hz
(2) 2.5 Hz
(4) 1.5 Hz
5. In the diagram below, the distance between points A and B
on a wave is 0.10 meter.
This wave must have
(1) an amplitude of 0.10 m
(2) an amplitude of 0.20 m
(3) a wavelength of 0.10 m
(4) a wavelength of 0.20 m
6. In which type of wave is the disturbance of the medium
perpendicular to the direction of travel of the wave?
(1) longitudinal
(3) latitudinal
(2) transverse
(4) tangential
7. Which distance represents the wavelength of the wave
shown below?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
Base your answers to questions 8 and 9 on the diagram below,
which represents waves A, B, C, and D traveling in the same
medium.
8. Which two waves have the same wavelength?
(1) A and B
(3) B and D
(2) A and C
(4) C and D
9. Which wave has the longest period?
(1) A
(3) C
(2) B
(4) D
10. The diagram below shows a person shaking the end of a
rope up and down, producing a disturbance that moves
along the length of the rope.
Which type of wave is traveling in the rope?
(1) torsional
(3) transverse
(2) longitudinal
(4) elliptical
11. An earthquake is traveling from the west to east through
rock. If the particle are vibrating in a north-south direction,
the wave must be classified as
(1) transverse
(3) a microwave
(2) longitudinal
(4) a radio wave
12. Which wave diagram has both wavelength (Ø) and
amplitude (A) labeled correctly?
(1)
Base your answers to questions 15 and 16 on the diagram below
which represents a wave traveling to the right along an elastic
medium.
(2)
15. What is the amplitude of the wave?
(1) 1.0 m
(3) 0.50 m
(2) 0.75 m
(4) 0.25 m
(3)
16. If the frequency of the wave is 0.25 cycle per second, the
period of the wave is
(1) 1 s
(3) 0.25 s
(2) 2 s
(4) 4.0 s
(4)
17. The amplitude of the wave
shown at the right is
represented by the distance
between points
Base your answers to questions 13 and 14 on the information and
diagram below. The diagram represents two sound waves that are
produced in air by two tuning forks. The frequency of wave A is
400 cycles per second.
(1) A and B
(2) A and C
(3) A and D
(4) E and D
18. The diagram below represents a wave traveling in a
uniform medium. Which characteristic of the wave is
constant?
13. Compared to the amplitude of wave B, the amplitude of
wave A is
(1) less
(3) the same
(2) greater
14. The period of wave A is
(1) 400 s
(2) 6 s
(3) 1/4 s
(4) 1/400 s
(1) amplitude
(2) frequency
(3) period
(4) wavelength
19. Longitudinal waves are involved in the transmission of
(1) light
(3) sound
(2) radar
(4) photons
20. Which distance on the on the right
identifies the amplitude of the
given wave?
(1) AE
(2) AB
(3) AC
(4) AD
23. When a transverse wave is moving through a medium, what
is the action of the particles of the medium?
(1) They travel through the medium with the wave.
(2) They vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction in
which the wave is moving.
(3) They vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the
direction in which the wave is moving.
(4) They remain at rest.
24. A transverse wave moves to the right (→) through a
medium. Which diagram best represents the motion of the
molecules of the medium due to the wave motion?
21. In the diagram below, which wave has the largest
amplitude?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(1)
(3)
(2)
(4)
25. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram
below which represents a vibrating string with a periodic
wave originating at A and moving to G a distance of 6.0
meters.
22. Base your answer to the following question on on the
diagram below which represents four waves traveling to
the right in the same transmitting medium.
As the wave moves toward G, point E on the string will
move
(1) to the left and then to the right
(2) vertically down and then vertically up
(3) diagonally down and then diagonally up
(4) diagonally up and then diagonally down
Which wave has the greatest amplitude?
(1) A
(3) C
(2) B
(4) D
26. As a longitudinal wave passes through a medium, the
particles of the medium move
(1) in circles
(2) in ellipses
(3) parallel to the direction of wave travel
(4) perpendicular to the direction of wave travel
27. As the period of a wave decreases, the wave's frequency
(1) decreases
(3) remains the same
(2) increases
28. The diagram below shows a transverse pulse moving to the
right in a string.
33. Diagram I shows a glass tube containing undisturbed air
molecules. Diagram II shows the same glass tube when a
wave passes through it.
Which diagram best represents the motion of point P as the
pulse passes point P?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
29. The diagram below represents pulses traveling toward point
B in a spring, AB.
Which type of wave produced the disturbance shown in
diagram II?
(1) longitudinal
(3) transverse
(2) torsional
(4) elliptical
Base your answers to questions 34 and 35 on the information
below.
The frequency of a wave is 2.0 cycles per second,
and its speed is 0.04 meter per second.
Which diagram best represents the motion of point C as the
pulses pass along the spring?
34. The period of the wave is
(1) 0.005 s
(2) 2.0 s
(3) 0.50 s
(4) 0.02 s
35. The wavelength of the wave is
(1) 1.0 m
(3) 0.08 m
(2) 0.02 m
(4) 4.0 m
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
30. As a wave travels through a medium, the particles of the
medium vibrate in the direction of the wave’s travel. What
type of wave is traveling through the medium?
(1) longitudinal
(3) transverse
(2) torsional
(4) hyperbolic
31. As the frequency of a wave increases, the period of that
wave
(1) decreases
(3) remains the same
(2) increases
32. The number of cycles of a periodic wave occurring per unit
time is called the wave's
(1) wavelength
(3) amplitude
(2) period
(4) frequency
36. What is the period of a wave with a frequency of 250 hertz?
(1) 1.2 × 10–3 s
(2) 2.5 × 10–3 s
(3) 9.0 × 10–3 s
(4) 4.0 × 10–3 s
37. What is the period of a periodic wave that has a frequency
of 60. hertz?
(1) 1.7 × 10–2 s
(2) 2.0 × 104 s
(3) 3.0 × 10–3 S
(4) 3.3 × 102 s
38. The number of water waves passing a given point each
second is the wave's
(1) frequency
(3) wavelength
(2) amplitude
(4) velocity
39. Which graph best represents the relationship between the
frequency and period of a wave?
(1)
(3)
45. Sound waves with a constant frequency of 250 hertz are
traveling through air at STP. What is the wavelength of the
sound waves?
(1) 0.76 m
(3) 250 m
(2) 1.3 m
(4) 83,000 m
46. It takes 1 second for a sound wave to travel from a source
to observer A. How long does it take the same sound wave
to travel in the same medium to observer B, who is located
twice as far from the source as observer A?
(1) 1/4 s
(3) 1/2 s
(2) 2 s
(4) 4 s
47. A wave generator located 4.0 meters from a reflecting wall
produces a standing wave in a string, as shown in the
diagram below.
(2)
(4)
40. A physics student notices that 4.0 waves arrive at the beach
every 20. seconds. The frequency of these waves is
(1) 0.20 Hz
(3) 16 Hz
(2) 5.0 Hz
(4) 80. Hz
41. A wave which has a frequency of 20.0 cycles per second
travels with a speed of 100. meters per second. What is the
wavelength of this wave?
(1) 0.200 m
(3) 20.0 m
(2) 5.00 m
(4) 2.000 m
42. If the frequency of a light wave in a vacuum is increased, its
wavelength
(1) decreases
(3) remains the same
(2) increases
43. A wave traveling at 5.0 × 104 meters per second has a
wavelength of 2.5 × 101 meters. What is the frequency of
the wave?
(1) 1.25 × 106 Hz
(2) 2.0 × 103 Hz
(3) 5.0 × 104 Hz
(4) 5.0 × 103 Hz
44. What is the wavelength of a 30.-hertz periodic wave
moving at 60. meters per second?
(1) 0.50 m
(3) 20. m
(2) 2.0 m
(4) 1,800 m
If the speed of the wave is 10. meters per second, what is its
frequency?
(1) 0.40 Hz
(3) 10. Hz
(2) 5.0 Hz
(4) 40. Hz
48. A wave has a frequency of 200 vibrations per second and a
speed of 100 meters per second. The wavelength is
(1) 1 m
(3) 3 m
(2) 2 m
(4) 0.5 m
49. The frequency of a wave with a velocity of 30. meters per
second and a wavelength of 5.0 meters is
(1) 150 Hz
(3) 6.0 Hz
(2) 25 Hz
(4) 5.0 Hz
50. If the velocity of a constant-frequency wave increases, the
wavelength
(1) decreases
(3) remains the same
(2) increases
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