Grade 10 Diagnostic Test: Waves 17.
Which of the following is true about electromagnetic
Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. waves?
1. What is a wave? A. They can travel through solids only
A. A flow of particles B. They travel slower in a vacuum
B. A disturbance that transfers energy C. They have both electric and magnetic components
C. A form of matter D. They require a medium to travel
D. A sound only humans can hear 18. The distance between one crest and the next in a wave is
2. Which of the following is not a mechanical wave? called:
A. Sound wave B. Water wave A. Period B. Amplitude
C. Seismic wave D. Light wave C. Wavelength D. Frequency
3. What do mechanical waves need in order to travel? 19. Which part of an electromagnetic wave is perpendicular to
A. Light B. Vacuum the electric field?
C. Medium D. Magnetic field A. Another electric field B. Magnetic field
4. What type of wave moves particles parallel to the direction C. Wave speed D. Amplitude
of wave motion? 20. Which pair best shows how wave energy is transferred?
A. Transverse B. Longitudinal A. Through mass movement
C. Electromagnetic D. Mechanical B. Through electrical charge
5. In a transverse wave, in which direction do particles move? C. Through particle collision
A. Along the wave D. Through vibration or oscillation
B. Opposite to wave direction 21. What do we call the highest point of a transverse wave?
C. Perpendicular to the wave direction A. Trough B. Crest
D. Circular motion C. Peak D. Frequency
6. What is the amplitude of a wave? 22. What kind of wave is created when you drop a stone in a
A. Distance from crest to trough still pond?
B. Distance between two crests A. Longitudinal wave
C. Height from the rest position to a crest B. Sound wave
D. Total length of the wave C. Transverse wave
7. Which part of a wave is the wavelength? D. Electromagnetic wave
A. From crest to trough 23. Which part of a longitudinal wave is similar to the crest of a
B. From one crest to the next crest transverse wave?
C. From rest position to crest A. Compression B. Rarefaction
D. From trough to midpoint C. Amplitude D. Tension
8. What unit is used to measure frequency? 24. What happens to the wavelength of a wave if its frequency
A. Meter B. Joule increases while speed remains constant?
C. Hertz D. Newton A. It increases B. It decreases
9. Which wave property determines how loud a sound is? C. It stays the same D. It doubles
A. Frequency B. Wavelength 25. Which wave travels the fastest in a vacuum?
C. Velocity D. Amplitude A. Radio wave B. Sound wave
10. What is the formula to calculate wave speed? C. Water wave D. Seismic wave
A. Speed = Wavelength ÷ Amplitude 26. In which type of wave are compressions and rarefactions
B. Speed = Frequency × Wavelength found?
C. Speed = Amplitude ÷ Frequency A. Transverse B. Longitudinal
D. Speed = Wavelength – Frequency C. Electromagnetic D. Surface
11. If the frequency of a wave is 5 Hz and the wavelength is 2 27. If a wave has a high frequency, what can you say about its
m, what is the wave speed? wavelength (in general)?
A. 10 m/s B. 2.5 m/s A. Wavelength is long
C. 7 m/s D. 1 m/s B. Wavelength is short
12. What happens to the wave speed if the frequency increases C. Wavelength is unaffected
but the wavelength stays the same? D. Wavelength is doubled
A. Speed increases B. Speed decreases 28. Which wave has the highest energy in the electromagnetic
C. Speed stays the same D. Speed becomes zero spectrum?
13. What is one main difference between mechanical and A. Ultraviolet B. Visible light
electromagnetic waves? C. X-ray D. Gamma ray
A. Only electromagnetic waves can reflect 29. Which property of a wave determines its pitch in sound?
B. Only mechanical waves carry energy A. Amplitude B. Frequency
C. Electromagnetic waves do not need a medium C. Speed D. Wavelength
D. Mechanical waves travel faster 30. What instrument is commonly used to display or analyze
14. Which of the following is an electromagnetic wave? sound wave patterns?
A. Sound B. Earthquake wave A. Microscope
C. Radio wave D. Ocean wave B. Oscilloscope
15. What medium do electromagnetic waves require to travel? C. Telescope
A. Water B. Air D. Seismograph
C. Solid D. None
16. What kind of wave is light?
A. Longitudinal mechanical
B. Transverse electromagnetic
C. Circular mechanical
D. Longitudinal electromagnetic
1. B – A disturbance that transfers energy
2. D – Light wave
3. C – Medium
4. B – Longitudinal
5. C – Perpendicular to the wave direction
6. C – Height from the rest position to a crest
7. B – From one crest to the next crest
8. C – Hertz
9. D – Amplitude
10. B – Speed = Frequency × Wavelength
11. A – 10 m/s
12. A – Speed increases
13. C – Electromagnetic waves do not need a
medium
14. C – Radio wave
15. D – None
16. B – Transverse electromagnetic
17. C – They have both electric and magnetic
components
18. C – Wavelength
19. B – Magnetic field
20. D – Through vibration or oscillation
21. B – Crest
22. C – Transverse wave
23. A – Compression
24. B – It decreases
25. A – Radio wave
26. B – Longitudinal
27. B – Wavelength is short
28. D – Gamma ray
29. B – Frequency
30. B – Oscilloscope