Wave Properties Review

What type of wave is pictured?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Waving goodbye

• Stadium wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Material through which some waves travel, such as the type of solid, liquid, or gas.

• Trough

• Peak

• Wavelength

• Medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The high points of a transverse wave.

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

The low points of a transverse wave.

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

Sound travels in which kind of wave?

• Longitudinal waves

• Transverse waves

Light waves and water waves travel in what type of waves?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

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

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Frequency
• Wavelength

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A wave carries...?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Frequency
• Crest

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1