Waves & Electromagnetic Radiation

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What happens when you increase the amplitude of a sound?

• it makes the sound louder
• it makes the sound travel faster
• it increases the wavelength of the sound
• it increases the frequency of the sound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

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

Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Frequency
• Wavelength

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which of the following can sound travel through?

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2