MINGLANILLA NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL Poblacion Ward I, Minglanilla, Cebu Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________ Year &

Section: _________________________________ Score: ________ I. Write the letter of your answer. (20 pts.) 1. Which of the following equations best describes the relationship between the period (T) and the frequency (f) of a wave? a. T = 2(f) b. T = f + 1 c. T

2. A drinking glass is repeatedly tapped at the side with a spoon while being filled with water. What happens to the pitch of the sound as the water level goes up? a. increases c. remains unchanged b. decreases d. alternately increase and decrease 3. When an electromagnetic wave travels, the direction of the electric field is a. perpendicular to the magnetic field and in the direction of the wave motion. b. perpendicular to the magnetic field and to the direction of the wave motion. c. parallel the magnetic field and in the direction of the wave motion. d. parallel to the magnetic field and perpendicular to the wave motion. 4. The illustrations below show different sine curves of vibrating springs having the same frequency and velocity.
Wave A

f 1 2

d. T

1 f

Wave B

What evidence shows that Wave A carries more energy? a. greater amplitude c. longer wavelength b. lower wave speed d. higher number of oscillations per unit time 5. During a thunderstorm, a flash of lightning is seen before the thunderclap is heard. What explains this phenomenon? a. Sound travels faster than light. c. The eye is more sensitive than the ear. b. Light travels faster than sound. d. Lightning is produced first before the thunder. 6. Which of the following does not change as a water wave passes from deep to shallow water? a. velocity b. wavelength c. speed d. frequency 7. The higher the frequency of a sound wave, the a. lower the pitch c. shorter the wavelength b. greater the speed d. greater the amplitude 8. When the loud music in your house causes the doors on the cabinets to buzz, the effect is due to: a. interference b. diffraction c .superposition d. resonance 9. One is likely to hear low-pitched sounds coming from behind the head better than high pitched ones because of: a. diffraction b. dispersion c. interference d. refraction

10. The crews of towboats at sea can communicate with each other by II. Identify the following terms. (40 pts.) shouting. Why is it impossible for the crews of two spaceships of similar _______________1.a motion along a straight path in which the acceleration distance apart in outer space do this? is proportional to the displacement of the object a. The sound is reflected more in space. _______________2. waves that do not need medium to travel like light b. The pressure is too high inside the spaceships. _______________3. waves that need a medium to travel c. The spaceships are traveling faster than sound. _______________4. the distance from crest to crest d. There is no air in space for the sound to travel through. _______________5. the distance of the crest from the midpoint of waves 11. You are at rest on a platform at a railroad station. A train approaches the _______________6. the time it takes a wave to complete one cycle platform blowing its whistle. As the train passes you, the pitch of the whistle _______________7. the number of crests that passes a fixed point in time a. becomes higher c. stays the same. _______________8. the distance traveled by wave crest in one period b. becomes lower d. depends on amplitude of sound waves depends on amplitude parallel lines representing the wave crest _______________9. of sound waves 12. A sonar device which uses the principle of reflection of sound waves is ______________10. a straight line drawn in the direction of wave motion useful in ______________11. angle formed by an incoming wave front w/ surface I. tracing sunken ships. III. mapping the ocean floor. ______________12. a shift in frequency where wavelength is affected II. locating schools of fishes. IV. sinking and floating of submarines. ______________13. refers to bending of wave from one medium to another a. IV only c. I and II only ______________14. happens when two waves passing a single medium b. II only d. I, II and III only ______________15. bending of light wave around an obstacle 13. A radio wave traveling at 3 x 108 meters/second has a frequency of 20 ______________16. the points where the vibrations do not occur MHz. What is the wavelength of this wave? ______________17. the points where there are maximum displacements 7 ______________18. refers to waves of compression and expansion in a medium 8 2 x 10 3 x 10 a. c. meters ______________19. scientific study of sound waves meters 8 3 x 10 2 x 10 7 ______________20. unit for the loudness of sound b. (3 x 108)(2 x 107) meters d. (3 x 108)2 (2 x 107) meters ______________21. converts sound vibrations into electrical impulses 14. How fast is a wave moving if its wavelength is 10 meters and its which the auditory nerves carry to the brain frequency is 110 Hertz? ______________22. direction of motion of the particles of the medium is a. 11 m/s b. 100 m/s c. 120 m/s d. 1100 m/s perpendicular to the direction of the motion of the waves 15. A transverse wave of frequency 400 waves/sec travels along a string at ______________23. waves with vibrations parallel to their direction of travel a constant speed of 100 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave? ______________24. unit of frequency 1 1 1 ______________25. reflected sound wave ______________26. used to describe the quantitative description of sound intensity 400 m b. 5 m 4 m a. c. d. 4 m ______________27. amount of energy flowing each second through a unit 16. Which of the following is NOT true for a simple ideal pendulum? area perpendicular to the direction of propagation a. The period is independent of the pendulums mass in a vacuum. ______________28. peripheral auditory system b. The period is independent of the amplitude if it is 10 or less. ______________29. collects the sound waves and concentrates them into the ear c. The period is inversely proportional to the square root of its length. ______________30. separates the outer and middle ears physically so that d. The period is inversely proportional to the square root of the acceleration air pressure is controlled and will not rapidly equalize between the two due to gravity. ______________31. converts the small amplitude vibrations of the eardrum 17. Which of the following is a form of mechanical wave? into larger amplitude oscillations a. light b. radio c. x-ray d. sound ______________32. snail shell-shaped, liquid-filled organ 18. Which of the following characteristics would not differ speech and ______________33. sound waves used to probe internal organs instead of X-rays sound? ______________34. sound waves whose frequencies are below 20 Hz a. duration b. loudness c. intensity d. quality ______________35. two thin sheets where sound vibrations produced 19. The sound is a vibration of an air column in which instrument? ______________36. sound chamber a. stringed b. wind c. percussion d. sound box ______________37. repeated reflection of sound waves 20. These are formed by the varying tensions of the vocal chords in the ______________38. hollow bodies which serves as a mechanical amplifier larynx. ______________39. sound with an intensity level above 120 dB which is a. Pitchers b. Loudness c. Range d. Frequency already a pollutant to the environment ______________40. produce wave patterns that are evenly spaced