Study Guide - Waves & Light Benchmark Test
1. What causes mechanical waves?
2. What is a vibration?
3. All waves transfer _____________.
4. Know the major difference between mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves.
5. Waves can be classified by how they _______.
6. Know the properties of waves.
7. What is a medium?
8. What are the two types of mechanical waves?
9. Be able to label the parts of a transverse wave and a compressional wave.
10. What is a Hertz (Hz)?
11. Be able to label the electromagnetic spectrum. See your bellwork and notes for examples.
12. Radio waves have the ________ wavelengths, the __________frequencies, and the _________
energy of the electromagnetic waves.
13. Gamma rays have the _________ wavelengths, ________ frequencies, and the _________
energy of all the waves on the electromagnetic spectrum.
14. Name 2 uses of ultraviolent light. How can it harm humans?
15. ___________ is the range of electromagnetic waves that can be detected by the human eye.
16. What is Roy G. Biv and how does it fit on the electromagnetic spectrum?
17. As energy moves down the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays, what
happens to the energy?
18. What are the behaviors of waves and how they interact with light?
19. Explain the terms transparent, translucent, and opaque. Give an example of each term.
20. Which travels faster light waves or sound waves?
21. Light waves travel fastest in the ____________________.
22. What is the Law of Reflection?
23. Rainbows occur when light is ________________.
24. What is the path that light takes through the human eye?
25. What is the function of the lens?
26. What is the function of the optic nerve?
27. What lies between the cornea and iris?
28. Why do we see things as black and as white?
29. What is a decibel?
30. What are the functions of the major parts of the ear?
31. What type of wave is a sound wave?
Also study:
Study all notes in your Waves Interactive Notebook including the Messy Mel notes and the Sound
(handouts).