Lesson One : Activities and Quizzes
Activity 1: QuizTrue or false: A wave created by the wind in a field of grain moves across a field without any of the stalks of grain moving across the entire field.
Which of the following are true?
Mechanical waves occur only inside machines.
Mechanical waves require a medium in which to travel.
Every wave is a mechanical wave.
A transverse wave propagates by:
Mechanical waves require a medium in which to travel.
Every wave is a mechanical wave.
Pushing the medium in front of it.
Making the medium oscillate back and forth, parallel to the direction of the wave.
Making the medium oscillate up and down, perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
Wavelength is:
Making the medium oscillate back and forth, parallel to the direction of the wave.
Making the medium oscillate up and down, perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
The distance between two crests of a wave.
The maximum displacement of the wave above or below the center line of the wave.
The number of crests that pass a certain point per second.
Isaac Newton had believed that light was a stream of ________ but Thomas Young showed in 1801 that light consisted of ________
The maximum displacement of the wave above or below the center line of the wave.
The number of crests that pass a certain point per second.
Which of the following is true?
Light is a transverse wave.
Light is an electromagnetic wave.
Light waves are self-propagating.
All of the above.
None of the above.
If the wavelength of a wave increases:
Light is an electromagnetic wave.
Light waves are self-propagating.
All of the above.
None of the above.
Which of the following forms of electromagnetic radiation has the highest energy?