Waves Final Review

What kind of wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Electromagetic
• Medium

Which of the following is a example of a mechanical wave?

• Light from a flashlight
• Rock being dropped into a pond
• Radio waves
• All the above

If a wave has high energy this means what?

• Short period
• Low amplitude
• High amplitude
• High Temperature

What is used to detect sound?

• Source
• Codes
  Codes
• Properties
• Receiver

What do scientist use radio waves to study things in outer space?

• They are mechanical waves
• They need a medium
• They do not need a medium
• They have a short wave length 

What kind of waves are being shown when you warm yourself by a fire?

• Electromagnetic waves
• Mechanical waves
• Friction
• Gasses in the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The suns rays get to the earth in what kind of waves?

• Mechanical waves
• Electricity waves
• Electromagnetic waves
• Nuclear waves

Sound traveling from an airplane will travel to the Earth is what types of waves?

• Electromagnetic waves
• waves of energy traveling through air molecules
• as sound matter traveling through air
• air molecules traveling through the atmosphere

How do earthquake waves travel through the earth?

• Heat waves
• Light waves
• Sound waves
• Mechanical waves

What does the #1 represent on the diagram?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Wavelength
• Trough