This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following increases as the frequency of the sound increases? A) Amplitude. B) Intensity. C) Loudness. D) Pitch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pitch. 2. Whenever a wave changes materials, the wave's ..... changes. A) FREQUENCY. B) FAVORITE SONG. C) SPEED. D) TYPE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SPEED. 3. In what type of wave do the oscillations move up and down A) Transverse. B) Longitudinal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transverse. 4. As water waves pass by a boat, it takes the boat 3.5 seconds to complete one full up-and-down motion. What is the frequency of its oscillation? A) 0.29 Hz. B) 3.5 Hz. C) 97 Hz. D) 343 Hz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.29 Hz. 5. Which electromagnetic wave has the shortest wavelength? A) Radio waves. B) X-rays. C) Visible light. D) Gamma rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gamma rays. 6. The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together. A) Rarefaction. B) Compression. C) Crest. D) Trough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compression. 7. In a standing wave, what is the point called where there is no movement? A) Node. B) Antinode. C) Crest. D) Trough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Node. 8. The wavelength can be correctly measured as ..... A) The distance from crest to consecutive crest. B) The distance between two consecutive points of equilibrium. C) The horizontal distance from crest to trough. D) The vertical distance from crest to trough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The distance from crest to consecutive crest. 9. The number of waves produced in a given amount of time A) Amplitude. B) Meters. C) Wave speed. D) Wavelength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wave speed. 10. Transverse waves have: A) Crests and troughs. B) Troughs and rarefactions. C) Compressions and contractions. D) Rarefactions and crests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crests and troughs. 11. Why do you see lightning from a distant storm before you hear thunder? A) The thunder is produced after the lightning. B) Your eyes react faster than your ears. C) Light travels faster than sound. D) Sound travels faster than light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light travels faster than sound. 12. The blue-throated hummingbird flaps its wings 300 times a minute. What is its frequency? A) 5 hz. B) 300 hz. C) 300/60. D) A lot?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 hz. 13. Which type of wave has a disturbance perpendicular to its direction of propagation? A) Periodic wave. B) Transverse wave. C) Longitudinal wave. D) Pulse wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transverse wave. 14. Which direction does a Transverse wave travel A) Parallel. B) Perpendicular. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perpendicular. 15. Emma measured the maximum height of a wave that she made by vibrating a string up and down. What property of a wave was she measuring? A) Period. B) Frequency. C) Amplitude. D) Wavelength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amplitude. 16. True or False:Sound waves are faster than light. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 17. What property of a wave indicates its energy level? A) Wavelength. B) Frequency. C) Amplitude. D) Time period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amplitude. 18. Which of the following is NOT an example of an electromagnetic wave? A) Visible Light. B) Radio Waves. C) Ultraviolet Waves. D) Infrasonic Waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infrasonic Waves. 19. Electromagnetic waves include the following except A) Radio waves. B) X-rays. C) Doing the wave at a football game. D) Microwaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doing the wave at a football game. 20. The measurement of the length of a wave from one point of the wave to the next identical part of the wave (for example, top to top or bottom to bottom) A) Crest. B) Amplitude. C) Frequency. D) Wavelength. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wavelength. 21. Echoes of sound and mirror images are examples of refracted waves. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Periodic motion can also be called damping motion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow? A) Longitudinal waves. B) Transverse waves. C) Sound waves. D) P-waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transverse waves. 24. A transmitting aerial emits radio waves of frequency 1.0 GHz. What is the wavelength? A) 0.3 mm. B) 0.3cm. C) 0.3m. D) 0.3km. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.3m. 25. A green book looks green in white light because ..... A) It is absorbing all the green light. B) It is absorbing all the wavelengths of light except green which it is reflecting. C) It is absorbing the green wavelength of light and reflecting the other wavelengths. D) It is green. 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