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A #Physics Quiz for reviewing the #Hewitt Chapter on #Waves and #Vibrations
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1
A weight on a spring bobs up and down one complete cycle every 5.00 seconds. Its period is
0.20 seconds
5.00 seconds
None of the above
2
The amplitude of a particular wave is 4.0 m. The top-to-bottom distance of the disturbance is
8.0 m
4.0 m
2.0 m
None of the above
3
The Hertz is a
unit of frequency
. special radio wave
unit of period
type of car rental company
4
When two or more waves are at the same place at the same time, the resulting effect is called
interference
a Doppler wave
a shock wave
a standing wave
5
If you double the frequency of a vibrating object, its period
doubles
is quartered
halves
6
During a single period, the distance traveled by a wave is
one half wavelength
one wavelength
two wavelengths
7
Standing waves can be set up
on strings of musical instruments
by blowing across the top of a soda bottle
in organ pipes
all of the above
8
A longitudinal wave lacks which of the following properties?
wavelength
speed
frequency
A longitudinal wave has all of the above.
9
The time needed for a wave to make one complete cycle is its
velocity
frequency
amplitude
period
10
You dip your finger into water to make waves. If you dip more frequently, the wavelength
lengthens
shortens
stays the same
11
Name the quote
It's wabbit season
It's the suspense that gets me!
I wonder where that wabbit is?
Be very very quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!
12
A sound wave that has a higher frequency has a wavelength that is
longer
shorter
13
A wave created by shaking a rope up and down is called a
transverse wave
Doppler wave
longitudinal wave
standing wave
14
A wave travels an average distance of 6 meters in 3 seconds. What is the wave's velocity?
1 m/s
Less than 0.5 m/s
3 m/s
2 m/s
15
A weight on a spring bobs up and down one complete cycle every 4.0 s. Its frequency is
4.0 Hz
0.25 Hz
None of the above
16
A bug is creating a wave and swimming towards you. The frequency of the waves reaching you is
lower than created by the bug
the same as what the bug created
higher than created by the bug
17
The distance between successive identical parts of a wave is called its
period
frequency
amplitude
wavelength
18
As the sound of a car's horn passes and recedes from you, the pitch of the horn seems to
increase
decrease
stay the same
19
A wave has 2 crests and troughs each sec. It's velocity is 2 m/s, its wavelength is
10 m
15 m
1 m
20 m
20
The period of an ocean wave is 10 seconds. What is the wave’s frequency?
20.0 Hz
0.10 Hz
10.0 Hz
5.0 Hz
21
Where can you touch a standing wave on a rope without disturbing the wave?
At any place along the wave
At a node
At an antinode
22
What happens when an airplane is flying faster than the speed of sound?
Nobody can hear the plane fly overhead
There is no sonic boom
A shock wave is produced
It becomes very quiet inside the plane
23
The source of all wave motion is a
harmonic object
movement of matter
region of variable high and low pressure.
vibration
24
When a sound source moves towards you, what happens to the wave speed?
It increases
It decreases
It stays the same
25
An ocean wave has a frequency of 0.07 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the wave’s speed?
143 m/s
0.07 m/s
0.70 m/s
10.0 m/s
26
Which of the following is NOT a transverse wave?
radio wave
none of the above
sound wave
light
27
A sonic boom
sweeps behind a plane flying faster than the speed of sound.
is produced as a plane breaks through the sound barrier
all of the above
is produced by subsonic aircraft
28
An observer on the ground hears a sonic boom that is created by an airplane flying at a speed
just below the speed of sound
greater than the speed of sound
equal to the speed of sound
none of the above
29
The Doppler effect is the change in observed frequency due to
the original frequency of the source
all of the above
the type of medium the wave is in
the motion of the source or observer
30
Sound is an example of a
standing wave
transverse wave
constructive wave
longitudinal wave
