Waves: Outcome 1

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:

• frequency
• period
• longitudinal 
• transverse wave 

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?

• The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
• The wavelength increases.
• The wavelength decreases.
• More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which of the following can sound travel through?

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

crest to crest or trough to trough

• crest
• trough
• amplitude
• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space

• crest

• energy

• wave

• trough

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A wave carries...?

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

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1