Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Sound waves are produced by
a. | heat radiation | c. | air movement | b. | mechanical vibrations | d. | water movement |
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Electromagnetic waves move as
a. | waves | c. | particles | b. | particles and waves | d. | neither |
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These type of waves requires no medium for which to vibrate
a. | light | c. | sound and light | b. | sound | d. | none of the
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 The diagram above represents which type of
wave? a. | transverse | c. | compression | b. | longitudinal | d. | expansion |
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 The electromagnetic wave with the shortest wavelength
a. | radio waves | c. | gamma rays | b. | ultraviolet | d. | microwaves |
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When you hear a jet airplane flying towards you sound increases, as it travels
away from you sound decreases. This is called the
a. | Doppler effect | c. | Pascal effect | b. | Archimedes effect | d. | Bernoulli
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Which color of the visible light spectrum has the longest
wavelength?
a. | red | d. | green | b. | orange | e. | blue | c. | yellow | f. | violet |
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In order to increase the amount of energy in a wave you have to
a. | decrease amplitude and increase wavelength | c. | increase amplitude and increase
wavelength | b. | decrease amplitude and decrease wavelength | d. | increase amplitude and decrease
wavelength |
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 The particles in this type of wave will vibrate a. | in a circular manner | c. | vertical, perpendicular to the direction of the
wave | b. | horizontal and vertical | d. | horizontal to the direction of the wave |
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Which color of the visible light spectrum has the lowest frequency?
a. | red | d. | green | b. | orange | e. | blue | c. | yellow | f. |
violet |
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A scuba diver shines his upward toward the surface of the lake, as the light
travels from water to air the speed
a. | stays the same | c. | decreases | b. | increases |
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Submarines bounce sound waves off the bottom of the ocean to navigate and search
for enemy submarines. This system is called
a. | radar | c. | sonar | b. | acoustic finder | d. | Doppler |
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