8.01 Mechanical Waves_Lockhart

A wave carries...?

• energy only
• matter only
• energy and matter
• neither

The lowest part of the wave is called the ?

• frequency
• crest
• amplitude
• trough

The highest point of a wave is called the ?

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• frequency

What is the measure of how many waves pass a point in a second?

• frequency
• wavelength
• midpoint
• crest and trough

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

_____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Frequency
• Crest

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The maximum height of a wave.

• crest 
• trough
• amplitude
• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Which is an example of a longitudinal wave?

• light wave
• sound wave
• visible wave
• radio wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

material in which a mechanical wave travels

• medium 
• vacuum 
• black holes
• chocolate

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction of the wave

• longitudinal wave 
• transverse wave 
• electromagnetic wave 

Wave that moves perpendicular to the motion of the wave

• transverse
• compressional
• physical 
• chemical

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1