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    **1. What is a wave?

    **

    a) A force that moves objects

    b) A disturbance that carries energy through matter or space without transferring matter

    c) A displacement of particles in a medium

    d) The compression and decompression of air molecules

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    **2. What is required for mechanical waves to travel?**

    a) A vacuum

    b) Physical medium such as water, air, or a rope

    c) No medium is required

    d) Magnetic fields

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    **3. What type of wave disturbs particles in a medium perpendicular to the direction of the
    wave’s travel?**

    a) Longitudinal wave

    b) Surface wave

    c) Transverse wave

    d) Mechanical wave

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    **4. Which of the following waves consist of both transverse and longitudinal components?**

    a) Sound waves

    b) Water waves

    c) Light waves

    d) Electromagnetic waves
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    **5. What is the amplitude of a wave?**

    a) The distance between two troughs

    b) The time it takes for one wave to pass

    c) The maximum distance from the equilibrium point

    d) The speed of the wave

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    **6. How is the energy of a wave related to its amplitude?**

    a) Energy is inversely proportional to amplitude

    b) Greater amplitude waves transfer more energy

    c) Energy is not related to amplitude

    d) Smaller amplitude waves transfer more energy

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    **7. What is the wavelength of a wave?**

    a) The time it takes for one wave to complete

    b) The distance between two adjacent crests or troughs

    c) The rate of energy transfer in the wave

    d) The number of waves per second

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    **8. Which of the following describes the phase of a wave?**

    a) The number of waves per second

    b) The time required for one full cycle

    c) The speed of the wave

    d) Two points on a wave that are one or more whole wavelengths apart
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    **9. What is the formula for the speed of a wave?**

    a) V = λ/T

    b) V = f/λ

    c) V = E/h

    d) V = 1/f

    **10. How is the frequency of a wave calculated?**

    a) f = 1/T

    b) f = λ/v

    c) f = v/λ

    d) f = E/h

    】.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF A WAVE A sound wave has a frequency of 192 Hz and travels the length
    of a football field, 91.4 m, in 0.271 s.

    a. What is the speed of the wave?

    b. What is the wavelength of the wave?

    c. What is the period of the wave?

    d. If the frequency were changed to 442 Hz, what would be the new wavelength and period?
    Lesson 3

    ### 1. What determines the speed of a mechanical wave?

    - A) Amplitude

    - B) Frequency

    - C) Properties of the medium

    - D) Wavelength

    ### 2. What is the wave that strikes the boundary between two mediums called?

    - A) Reflected wave

    - B) Refracted wave

    - C) Incident wave

    - D) Transmitted wave

    ### 3. What is the name given to the wave that is reflected back after striking a boundary?

    - A) Refracted wave

    - B) Reflected wave

    - C) Incident wave

    - D) Diffused wave

    ### 4. What happens when an incident wave pulse meets a stiffer boundary?

    - A) The wave continues unchanged

    - B) The wave is refracted

    - C) The reflected wave is inverted

    - D) The wave stops

    ### 5. What principle explains the combination of two waves to form a new wave?

    - A) Superposition

    - B) Reflection

    - C) Refraction
    - D) Diffraction

    ### 6. When two waves meet and their amplitudes combine, the result is called:

    - A) Refraction

    - B) Interference

    - C) Reflection

    - D) Diffraction

    ### 7. What is the term for interference where the waves cancel each other out?

    - A) Constructive interference

    - B) Destructive interference

    - C) Superposition

    - D) Resonance

    ### 8. What happens at the point called a “node” during destructive interference?

    - A) Maximum displacement occurs

    - B) The amplitude increases

    - C) No displacement occurs

    - D) The wave is refracted

    ### 9. Which term refers to the point where the amplitude is greatest during constructive
    interference?

    - A) Antinode

    - B) Node

    - C) Crest

    - D) Trough

    ### 10. What is the result when two waves meet in the same medium and combine their
    amplitudes?

    - A) A new wave is formed


    - B) The waves stop

    - C) They form a node

    - D) They create interference

    ### 11. When two waves overlap and their combined amplitude is smaller than the original,
    what type of interference occurs?

    - A) Constructive

    - B) Destructive

    - C) Total reflection

    - D) Refraction

    ### 12. What type of wave behavior is shown when a wave bounces back after striking a
    boundary?

    - A) Refraction

    - B) Reflection

    - C) Diffraction

    - D) Interference

    ### 13. If two waves combine to create a larger amplitude, this is an example of:

    - A) Constructive interference

    - B) Destructive interference

    - C) Reflection

    - D) Diffraction

    ### 14. Which wave feature changes when a wave passes from one medium to another?

    - A) Frequency

    - B) Wavelength

    - C) Amplitude
    - D) Energy

    ### 15. What happens to the amplitude of waves when constructive interference occurs?

    - A) It decreases

    - B) It remains the same

    - C) It increases

    - D) It cancels out

    ### 16. What describes the behavior of waves when they bend around an obstacle?

    - A) Reflection

    - B) Refraction

    - C) Diffraction

    - D) Interference

    ### 17. What happens when a wave passes from a larger spring to a smaller spring?

    - A) The wave pulse inverts

    - B) The speed increases

    - C) The wave is transmitted

    - D) The speed decreases

    ### 18. A boundary that reflects the wave without changing its amplitude is called:

    - A) A soft boundary

    - B) A rigid boundary

    - C) A flexible boundary

    - D) A diffuse boundary
    ### 19. Which wave interaction is responsible for the formation of patterns of nodes and
    antinodes?

    - A) Reflection

    - B) Diffraction

    - C) Interference

    - D) Refraction

    ### 20. Which of the following is NOT an example of wave interference?

    - A) Constructive interference

    - B) Destructive interference

    - C) Reflection

    - D) Superposition

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