Worksheet Questions
1. What are three things that travel in waves?
Sound, energy and radio travel in waves.
2. What are three of the properties of waves?
The three properties of waves are wavelength, frequency and amplitude.
3. Why does light break into patterns when it is run through thin slits?
Due to the different wavelengths of the different colors, light breaks into different patterns.
4. Do x-rays have higher or lower frequency than light waves?
X-rays have a higher frequency than light waves.
5. Define wavelength.
Wavelength is the length of the wave, or the distance between two waves.
6. What causes waves on the ocean?
Wind causes waves on the ocean.
7. What are the waves in the Earth called (Earthquake waves)?
The waves in the Earth are called seismic waves.
8. Define frequency.
Frequency is how fast a wave travels.
9. Define amplitude.
Amplitude is the height of the wave.
10. What kind of wave travels by squeezing and spreading? (Give an example).
Compression waves travel by squeezing and spreading.
11. What is it called when a wave bounces back and comes back to the source?
It is called an echo or a reflection when a wave bounces back and comes back to the source.
12. What is sonar?
Sonar is using sound waves to tell how far something is.
Sound, energy and radio travel in waves.
2. What are three of the properties of waves?
The three properties of waves are wavelength, frequency and amplitude.
3. Why does light break into patterns when it is run through thin slits?
Due to the different wavelengths of the different colors, light breaks into different patterns.
4. Do x-rays have higher or lower frequency than light waves?
X-rays have a higher frequency than light waves.
5. Define wavelength.
Wavelength is the length of the wave, or the distance between two waves.
6. What causes waves on the ocean?
Wind causes waves on the ocean.
7. What are the waves in the Earth called (Earthquake waves)?
The waves in the Earth are called seismic waves.
8. Define frequency.
Frequency is how fast a wave travels.
9. Define amplitude.
Amplitude is the height of the wave.
10. What kind of wave travels by squeezing and spreading? (Give an example).
Compression waves travel by squeezing and spreading.
11. What is it called when a wave bounces back and comes back to the source?
It is called an echo or a reflection when a wave bounces back and comes back to the source.
12. What is sonar?
Sonar is using sound waves to tell how far something is.