Sound and Light Webquest

highest part of a transverse wave

• trough
• crest
• amplitude
• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

crest to crest or trough to trough

• crest
• trough
• amplitude
• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

lowest part of a transverse wave

• crest
• trough
• amplitude
• wavelength

how often a complete wave passes thru a given point

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• frequency

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Half the distance between the crest and the trough of a wave

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

unit used to measure frequency of a wave per second

• hertz (Hz)
• pitch
• frequency
• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone

• pitch
• frequency
• wave
• sound

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Electromagnetic waves include the following except

• radio waves
• X-rays
• doing the wave at a football game
• microwaves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space

• crest
• energy
• wave
• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

which material does sound travel the fastest?

• solid 
• liquid 
• gases