Directions: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on
your answer sheet.
1. What do waves carry as they move?
A. energy
C. matter and energy
B. matter
D. wavelength and energy
2. When a longitudinal wave travels in a medium, the particles of the medium
A. do not move
B. move perpendicular to the direction of wave travel
c. move opposite to the direction of wave propagation
D. travel parallel to the direction of the wave propagation
3. It is the distance between two successive particles that are in phase.
A. amplitude C. period
B. frequency
D. wavelength
4. Comparing the speed of sound in liquids, gases, and solids, the speed of sound
is usually highest in
and lowest in
A. solids, liquids
C. gases, solids
B. liquids, solids
D. solids, gases
5. Suppose a radio wave has a wavelength of 5 meters and its frequency is 60 Hz.
What is its speed?
A. 60 m/s
C. 300 m/s
B. 130 m/s
D. 560 m/s​