Waves

Waves that require a medium are called 

• mechanical waves
• transverse waves
• light waves
• gamma rays

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• sound wave

• mechanical wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What can electromagnetic waves travel through?

• mediums
• empty space
• solely solids
• both mediums and empty space

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is the top of a wave?

• trough

• crest

• valley

• atmosphere

What is the bottom of a wave?

• trough

• crest

• colgate

• amplitude

Which type of wave can travel in outer space?

• light

• sound

• water

• aliens

What do we call the substance a wave travels through?

• Medium
• Object
• Wave material
• Liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A space where no particles of matter exist

• trough
• rarefaction
• compression
• vacuum