Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

Wave Worksheet
Slide 4. Define a wave._____________________________________________

Slide 5, go to website by clicking on here:

(http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html)
2. The website you were taken to shows 4 different kinds of waves, what are
they?
a.

b.

c.

d.

3. A water wave is a combination of what two types of waves?

____________________________________________________

Slide 6. Close internet explorer and click on the ppt, be sure to put it in slide
show format.
4. Some waves transfer energy by __________________________.

5. Draw the movement of a vibration on your paper.

Slide 8.
6. What are the three kinds of media?
a. ____________________________________

b. ____________________________________

c. ____________________________________

Slide 9
7. Waves that do require a medium are called ______________________
waves.
8. Two examples of mechanical waves are:
a. ____________________________________

b. ____________________________________
Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

Slide 10
9. Waves that don’t require a medium are called ______________________
waves.
Slide 11
10. Name five examples of electromagnetic waves.
a. ____________________________________

b. ____________________________________

c. ____________________________________

d. ____________________________________

e. ____________________________________

Slide 12
11. Electromagnetic waves are what type of wave? (Circle one answer.)
longitudinal or transverse

Slide 14
Website: go to website by clicking on here:
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/sound/u11l1c.html

12. What type of wave is a sound wave? (Circle one.)

a. Mechanical b. Electromagnetic

13. Sound travels as what kind of wave?

a. Surface wave c. Transverse wave
b. Longitudinal wave d. Electromagnetic wave

14. Do sound waves require a medium? ______________________________

15. How is sound transmitted through a medium?_______________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Slide 16-22, Use the chart on the slides to answer the questions.
16. At 20,000 feet above sea level, how fast does sound travel (put the
units!)?_____________________________________________________

17. Does sound travel faster at 30,000 ft above sea level or 10,000 feet above
sea level?___________________________________________________
Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

18. This chart is measuring the speed of sound in what type of medium?
Circle one. Solid Liquid Gas

19. Does the temperature increase or decrease as the altitude increases?

______________________________________________________________

20. What is the speed of sound in water (put your units!)? _______________

21. Does sound travel faster in a solid medium or a gaseous medium?

______________________________________________________________

22. There are three different temperatures listed for air. Given this
information, do you think that the speed of sound would be the same or
different for hot water and cold water. Explain your answer.___________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Slide 24
23. When Isaac Newton took two prisms and flashed two rainbows, then he
moved the prisms so they were on top of each other. He saw _________
light.

Slide 26, go to website by clicking on here:

Website: http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/waves2.html

24. Electromagnetic waves are formed when a ____________________ field

couples with a __________________ field.

25. These fields are ________________________ to each other.

26. Draw an image of an electromagnetic field.

Slide 28
27. Where do you think the light beam is the brightest?________
Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

Slide 29
28. Look at the slide and explain what light absorption means in your own
words.______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Slide 31
29. Look at the slide and explain what light scattering means in your own
words.______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Slide 33
30. If you shine a light into a tank of water, what happens to the light beams
when they hit the water?_______________________________________

Slide 34
31. What is this phenomena called?_________________________________

Slide 35
32. In this example, the light wave is moving through two mediums, what are
they?
a. Solid and gas c. Gas and solid
b. Solid and solid d. Gas and liquid
Slide 36
33. What happens when light moves from one medium to another?_________

______________________________________________________________

Slide 37, go to website by clicking on here:

Website: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/optics/bp.html

34. View the broken pencil activity. Draw a picture to describe what you see
when you place a pencil in water.
a. Draw what happens when the pencil is in the middle of the glass.

b. Draw what happens when the pencil is to the left of the glass.
Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

c. Draw what happens when the pencil is to the far left of the glass.

Slide 39-41
35. Name three ways that light interacts with matter.
a. ____________________________________

b. ____________________________________

c. ____________________________________

36. Define transmission.___________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Slide 42-44
37. Draw a line to connect the definition with the appropriate term.

Light is transmitted through an object translucent

Light the is transmitted and scattered opaque
Light is not transmitted through the object transparent

38. Name an object in which light passes through.______________________

39. Name an object in which light does not pass through._________________

Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

Wave Worksheet-ANSWER KEY

Slide 4. Define a wave any disturbance that transmits energy.

Slide 5, go to website by clicking on here:

(http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html)
40. The website you were taken to shows 4 different kinds of waves, what are
they?
longitudinal, transverse, water and Rayleigh surface waves

41. A water wave is a combination of what two types of waves?

longitudinal and transverse

Slide 6. Close internet explorer and click on the ppt, be sure to put it in slide
show format.
42. Some waves transfer energy by vibration.

43. Draw the movement of a vibration on your paper. Students should show
arrows going back and forth between circles.

Slide 8.
44. What are the three kinds of media?
solid, liquid and gas/vapor

Slide 9
45. Waves that do require a medium are called mechanical waves.

46. Two examples of mechanical waves are:

ocean waves and sound waves

Slide 10
47. Waves that don’t require a medium are called electromagnetic waves.
Slide 11
48. Name five examples of electromagnetic waves.
sunlight, X-rays, microwaves, radio waves, television waves

Slide 12
49. Electromagnetic waves are what type of wave? (Circle one answer.)
longitudinal or transverse

Slide 14
Website: go to website by clicking on here:
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/sound/u11l1c.html

50. What type of wave is a sound wave? (Circle one.)

a. Mechanical b. Electromagnetic
Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

51. Sound travels as what kind of wave?

a. Surface wave c. Transverse wave
b. Longitudinal wave d. Electromagnetic wave

52. Do sound waves require a medium? yes

How is sound transmitted through a medium? Sound is transmitted

through vibrations of molecules back and forth.

Slide 16-22, Use the chart on the slides to answer the questions.
53. At 20,000 feet above sea level, how fast does sound travel (put the
units!)? 707.3 mph

54. Does sound travel faster at 30,000 ft above sea level or 10,000 feet above
sea level? 10,000

55. This chart is measuring the speed of sound in what type of medium?
Circle one. Solid Liquid Gas

56. Does the temperature increase or decrease as the altitude increases?

57. What is the speed of sound in water (put your units!)? 1,482 m/s

58. Does sound travel faster in a solid medium or a gaseous medium?

There are three different temperatures listed for air. Given this information,
do you think that the speed of sound would be the same or different for hot
water and cold water. Explain your answer. Different, it would likely be
faster in hot water given that sound travels faster in hot air than cold air.

Slide 24
59. When Isaac Newton took two prisms and flashed two rainbows, then he
moved the prisms so they were on top of each other. He saw white light.

Slide 26, go to website by clicking on here:

Website: http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/waves2.html

60. Electromagnetic waves are formed when an electric field couples with a
magnetic field.

61. These fields are perpendicular to each other.

62. Draw an image of an electromagnetic field.

Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

Slide 28
63. Where do you think the light beam is the brightest? a

Slide 29
64. Look at the slide and explain what light absorption means in your own
words. When particles in the air absorb or quench the energy from
the light waves as they travel through air.

Slide 31
65. Look at the slide and explain what light scattering means in your own
words. Air particles can release energy as well as absorb it. When
the light energy is released, the newly released light scatters.

Slide 33
66. If you shine a light into a tank of water, what happens to the light beams
when they hit the water? It bends away

Slide 34
67. What is this phenomena called? refraction

Slide 35
68. In this example, the light wave is moving through two mediums, what are
they?
a. Solid and gas c. Gas and solid
b. Solid and solid d. Gas and liquid
Slide 36
69. What happens when light moves from one medium to another? It slows
down

Slide 37, go to website by clicking on here:

Website: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/optics/bp.html

70. View the broken pencil activity. Draw a picture to describe what you see
when you place a pencil in water.
a. Draw what happens when the pencil is in the middle of the glass.
the portion of the pencil inside the cup of water looks larger

b. Draw what happens when the pencil is to the left of the glass.
the portion of the pencil inside the cup of water is slightly off
to the side

c. Draw what happens when the pencil is to the far left of the glass.
the portion of the pencil inside the cup of water is looks like it
is next to the side of the glass while the top portion is closer to
the middle.
Name:_________________________________ Period:____________

Slide 39-41
71. Name three ways that light interacts with matter.
absorption, reflection, transmission

72. Define transmission. When light passes through matter.

Slide 42-44
73. Draw a line to connect the definition with the appropriate term.

Light is transmitted through an object translucent

Light the is transmitted and scattered opaque
Light is not transmitted through the object transparent

74. Name an object in which light passes through windows, water, air

75. Name an object in which light does not pass through books, wood,
bricks, etc.