MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Study the four transverse waves shown above. Compare the properties of waves B, C, and D to that of wave A, and
complete the following four questions:

1) Compared to wave A, which wave has the same wavelength but a smaller amplitude?
a. wave B
b. wave C
c. wave D
2) Compared to wave A, which wave has a shorter wavelength but the same amplitude?
a. wave B
b. wave C
c. wave D
3) Which wave has the same frequency as wave A?
a. wave B
b. wave C
c. wave D
5) Compared to wave A, which two waves have greater frequencies?
a. waves B and C
b. waves B and D
c. waves C and D
6) Sound is an example of
a. a longitudinal wave.
b. a wave that can travel through a vacuum.
c. a transverse wave.
d. a wave that does not transmit energy.
7) Sound waves cannot travel in
a. air.
b. water.
c. steel.
d. a vacuum.
e. sound can travel in all of these.
8) The vibrations of a transverse wave move
a. in the same direction as the wave travels.
b. at right angles to the direction of wave travel.
c. above and below the moving wave.
d. opposite to the direction of wave travel.

9) Sound travels faster in

a. air.
b. water.
c. steel.
d. a vacuum.
e. Sound travels at about the same speed in all of these.

10) Compressions and rarefactions are characteristic of

a. longitudinal waves.
b. transverse waves.
c. both of these.
d. neither of these.

11) All waves have

a. amplitude.
 b. frequency.
c. wavelength.
d. speed.
e. all of these.

12) In a longitudinal wave, the compressions and rarefactions travel in

a. the same direction that the wave travels.
b. a direction opposite to the wave travel.
c. neither.
13) The distance between two consecutive crests of a wave is called the
a. amplitude
b. frequency
c. wave speed
d. wavelength

14) The amplitude of the wave in the diagram below is given by letter ______.

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E

15) Indicate the interval which represents one full wavelength in the wave diagram below.

a. A to C
b. B to D
c. A to G
d. A to E

16) Which of the following statements illustrates the concept that waves carry energy from one place to another:
a. Ocean waves may cause boats to tip over.
b. Sunlight heats the surface of the earth.
c. Seismic waves cause earthquake damage.
d. All of the statements illustrate the concept.

17) The speed of any wave depends upon

a. its energy.
b. the medium through which it travels.
c. its angle of reflection.
d. its amplitude.

18. In order to double the period of a simple pendulum, the length of the string should be
a) halved
b) doubled
c) quadrupled
d) none of the mentioned

29. Which of the following fair of variables is related to period of pendulum

a. mass and frequency b. length of pendulum and gravity c. mass of pendulum and its shape
d. none of these