Mechanical Waves

Mechanical Waves

8th Grade

16 Qs

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Mechanical Waves

Mechanical Waves

Assessment

Quiz

Physics

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Traci Johnson

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the resulting direction of a surface wave?
parallel
circular
opposite
perpendicular

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of wave has a wave perpedicular to the disturbance?
surface
mechanical
transverse
longitudinal

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when a mechanical wave travels through a medium?
Waves are transferred
Energy is transferred
Mass is transferred
Particles are transferred

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Energy can be transferred from one medium to another through _________.
vibrations
stacking objects
an ordered sequence
colors

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these waves cannot travel in a vacuum?
light wave
sound wave
electromagnetic wave
microwave

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is true of a mechanical wave?
It must have a medium
It must travel in empty space.
It can travel in a vacuum.
Both sound and light are examples.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the amplitude of a wave?
the amount of time that occurs in one full cycle
the distance traveled by the wave during one full cycle
the amount of cycles that occur in a given time
the size of the disturbance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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