Waves Test 1 Optional Practice

What type of wave is this?

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

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Which type of wave has to have a medium in order to travel?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

Light from the sun can travel through space, which has no matter! What type of wave is light?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

How would you describe the movement of matter in a longitudinal wave?

• perpendicular to direction of energy

• parallel to the direction of energy

• In zigzags

• Linear

What do we call a material through which waves can travel? It can be a solid, liquid, or gas.

• Medium
• Vacuum
• Vibrations
• Amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A wave transfers:

• matter
• water
• energy
• particles

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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How would you describe the movement of matter in a transverse wave?

• perpendicular to direction of energy

• parallel to the direction of energy

• In zigzags

• Linear

Bending of waves around an object (such as through a doorway)

• sound
• diffract
• pitch
• volume

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• pitch
• amplitude

Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium
• Doppler Effect
• sound
• pitch

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