Waves Test #1 Review
Authored by Beverly Alford
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A string is attached to two fixed points & is compressed on one end and released. The resulting wave travels back & forth b/w until it comes to a stop. This is an example of...
transverse wave
longitudinal
superpositional
refracted
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A sound wave can be transmitted through all of the following except...
a gas
a liquid
a solid
a vacuum
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The distance between Earth and the Moon was determined by measuring the time it took for light from Earth to travel to the Moon and back. Why wasn't sound waves used?
Sound must move through a medium.
Sound would change frequency.
Sound would move too slowly to be accurate.
Sound moves more slowly in Earth's atmosphere than in space.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of wave is illustrated in the spring?
electromagnetic
mechanical
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The squished part of this wave is called...
compression
rarefraction
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The stretched part of this wave is called...
compression
rarefraction
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do waves carry?
particles
matter
energy
objects
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