Waves - Properties and attributes

A wave is a disturbance that transfers:

• matter
• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the height of a wave?

• amplitude
• wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is the distance between crests or troughs?

• amplitude
• wavelength

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Velocity= ________
Wavelength= .5m
Frequency= 150 hertz

• .75 m/s
• 75 m/s
• 300 m/s

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?

• 34 m/s
• 3400 Hz
• 3.4 Hz 
• 34 Hz

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A pair of trapeze performers at the circus is swinging from ropes attached to a large elevated platform. Suppose that the performers can be treated as a simple pendulum with a length of 16 m. Determine the period for one complete back and forth cycle.

• 2 sec
• 12 sec
• 8 sec
• 10 sec

Which would have the longest period?
Pendulum A: A 200-g mass attached to a 1.0-m length string
Pendulum B: A 400-g mass attached to a 0.5-m length string

• A
• B
• Same

Your Mom wishes to make a simple pendulum that serves as a timing device. She plans to make it such that its period is 1.00 second. What length must the pendulum have?

• 1 m
• .5 m
• .25 m
• More than 1 meter