Waves

A wave that requires a medium through wave which to travel

• A. electromagnetic  wave
• B. longitudinal wave
• C. mechanical wave
• D. transverse wave

A wave that does not require a medium

• A. electromagnetic  wave. 
• B. surface wave
• C. medium
• D. transverse wave

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling

• A. surface wave
• B. transverse wave
• C. electromagnetic  wave
• D. longitudinal wave

A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion

• A. mechanical wave
• B. surface wave
• C. longitudinal wave
• D. wave

The number of waves produced in a given amount of time

• A. amplitude
• B. wave speed
• C. frequency
• D. wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The maximum distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position

• A. frequency
• B. wavelength
• C. wave speed
• D. amplitude

The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

• A. frequency
• B. wavelength
• C. wave speed
• D. amplitude

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an edge.

• A. refraction
• B. reflection
• C. standing wave
• D. diffraction

The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not penetrate

• A. refraction
• B. reflection
• C. resonance
• D. standing wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A section of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together is called a

• A. rarefaction.
• B. vibration
• C.compression
• D. surface wave.