Waves

Waves

8th Grade

21 Qs

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Waves

Waves

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Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-3, MS-PS4-1

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Standards-aligned

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Waves that require a medium are called 

mechanical waves
transverse waves
light waves
gamma rays

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of wave is pictured below?

compressional wave

transverse wave

sound wave

mechanical wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can electromagnetic waves travel through?

mediums
empty space
solely solids
both mediums and empty space

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do waves carry from place to place?

Energy, but not matter or particles
Energy and matter or particles
Matter or particles but not energy
Neither energy nor matter or particles

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What type of wave is this?

Longitudinal
Transverse

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

How are Electromagnetic waves different from Mechanical waves?

EM waves have very short wavelengths

EM waves transmit energy instead of matter

EM waves can travel through the vacuum of space (without particles)

EM waves can change direction by reflection

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from low to high energy

Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio

Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio

Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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