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Types of Waves

Authored by JESSICA LENNINGTON

Science

7th Grade

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Types of Waves
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A wave is a disturbance that carries

water from one place to another.

sound from one place to another.

matter from one place to another.

energy from one place to another

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Surface waves are usually found where?

in ocean waves only

near the surface of a medium

in any medium that can be disturbed

near the boundary between two mediums

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do sound waves travel through air as a medium?

Air is pushed away in all directions from the source of the sound.

Air is displaced in irregular patterns away from the source of the sound.

Air is displaced in a perpendicular pattern away from the source of the sound.

Air is pushed back and forth toward and away from the source of the sound.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A trough is

the resting point of a wave.

the lowest point of a wave.

a unit of measurement for a wave.

the distance between the wave’s crests.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A transverse wave looks like a series of S-shapes because

of the flexibility of the medium.

of the way light reflects off the matter.

of the periodic motion of the matter.

the person controlling the matter makes it look that way.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A wave pulse is

the length of a single wave.

the shape of a single wave.

the distance a single wave travels.

a single disturbance that does not repeat.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these is the medium for a shaking jump rope?

the rope

the motion the rope makes

the hand shaking the rope

the air surrounding the rope

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