Waves Final 2024

1. A periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium

• A. surface wave

• B. transverse wave

• C. wave

• D. mechanical wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A physical environment in which phenomena occur

• A. longitudinal wave

• B. medium

• C. electromagnetic wave

• D. transverse wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A wave that requires a medium through wave which to travel

• A. electromagnetic wave

• B. longitudinal wave

• C. mechanical wave

• D. transverse wave

A wave that does not require a medium

• A. electromagnetic wave.

• B. surface wave

• C. medium

• D. transverse wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling

• A. surface wave

• B. transverse wave

• C. electromagnetic wave

• D. longitudinal wave

. A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion

• A. mechanical wave

• B. surface wave

• C. longitudinal wave

• D. wave

A transverse and a longitudinal wave that combine at or near the boundary between two media

• A. surface wave

• B. mechanical wave

• C. wave

• D. electromagnetic wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The number of waves produced in a given amount of time

• A. amplitude

• B. wave speed

• C. frequency

• D. wavelength

The speed at which a wave travels through a medium

• A. frequency

• B. wavelength

• C. wave speed

• D. amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The maximum distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position

• A. frequency

• B. wavelength

• C. wave speed

• D. amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1