Form 5 - Waves

Definition: Wave

• Matter through which a wave travels

• A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

• The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

• The lowest point of a transverse wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is a medium?

• The lowest point of a transverse wave

• The size of a wave

• The middle of a wave

• Matter through which a wave travels

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What type of matter can waves travel through?

• Solid only

• Liquid only

• Gas only

• Solid, liquid and gas

Definition: Trough

• The center of a wave

• The resting position of a wave

• The lowest point of a transverse wave

• The highest point of a transverse wave

Definition: Crest

• The highest point of a transverse wave

• The lowest point of a transverse wave

• The center of a transverse wave

• The distance between two points on a wave

What is the amplitude of a wave?

• Where there is no wave movement

• The distance the wave oscillates from it's resting position

• A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

• The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Light is an example of a transverse wave

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

What is an example of a longitudinal wave?

• X-Ray

• Light Waves

• Sound

• Water waves

Which of the following statements describes the period of a wave?

• Number of waves per second

• Distance from crest to crest

• Distance from resting position to top of the wave

• Time taken to produce one wave

What is the frequency of a wave?

• number of oscillations produced in one second

• The distance the wave oscillates from it's resting position

• The lowest point of a transverse wave

• Resting point of a wave - no wave movement