Flocabulary Wave Properties

Which of these does NOT create waves?

• water in the ocean

• light from the sun

• sound from a radio

• rain from the sky

What is one thing that describes the motion of all waves?

• it's always fast

• it's always slow

• it always repeats

• it starts and stops

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What is the top of a wave called?

• the peak/crest

• the amplitude

• the wavelength

• the pattern

What do you call the measurement from the top of one wave to the top of the next?

• the peak

• the amplitude

• the wavelength

• the pattern

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What is the measurement of a wave's height?

• the peak

• the amplitude

• the wavelength

• the pattern

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What is the smallest height needed to make a wave?

• 6 feet

• 90 millimeters

• 20 millimeters

• any height

There is one exception to the rule that waves don't move matter. What is it?

• When ocean waves push water onto the shore.

• When a fish swims through a lake or pond.

• When a seagull is floating on the ocean's water.

• When lightning makes the sound of thunder move.

Which one of these statements is usually true about waves?

• All kinds of waves are the same size.

• All waves move at the same speed..

• Waves don't move matter, just energy.

• Some waves do not move in a pattern.

How does the speed of light waves, like lightning, compare to the speed of sound waves, like thunder?

• They are the same speed.

• Light waves move faster.

• Sound waves move faster.

• Sometimes sound waves are faster than light waves, and sometimes light waves are faster than sound waves.

What are seismic waves?

• waves moving through earth

• waves of very great size

• waves in which sound travels

• waves that start and stop