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Waves PhET Activty

Waves PhET Activty

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-1

+11

Standards-aligned

Created by

Patrick Cochrane

Used 13+ times

FREE Resource

27 questions

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1.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

2.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

3.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

4.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Part 1: Labeling and defining the wave parts

Start your wave using the settings from above and observe for a bit. Label the parts of the wave on the picture below: wavelength, crest, trough, amplitude. If you don’t remember a term, look it up.

d
a
b
c

Crest

Trough

Amplitude

Wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following terms to their definition.

the highest point of a wave

Frequency

the number of complete waves in a second

Wavelength

The height of a wave from the reference

Trough

the lowest point of a wave

Crest

distance between 2 crests

Amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

7.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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