Waves

All waves are created by _____.

• electricity

• mediums

• magnets

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

All waves carry energy without transferring _____ from place to place.

• water

• matter

• solids

• liquids

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Waves that only travel through a medium.

• mechanical

• electromagnetic

• light

• radio

Waves move back and forth at right angles to direction that waves travel.

• mechanical

• electromagnetic

• transverse

• longitudinal

A measure of energy in a wave.

• frequency

• momentum

• amplitude

• compression

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

distance between one point on a wave and similar point nearest to it (crest to crest, trough to trough, compression to compression or rarefaction to rarefaction).

• frequency

• amplitude

• longitude

• wavelength

number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second

• frequency

• amplitude

• longitude

• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The highest point on a transverse wave.

• trough

• amplitude

• crest

• rarefaction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Matter in medium moves in the same direction that wave travels

• compressional (longitudinal)

• transverse

• electromagnetic

• mechanical

The lowest points of a transverse wave.

• crest

• trough

• wavelenth

• amplitude