Waves Vocabulary

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Science
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8th Grade
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Medium
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AMY POPE
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The part of a longitudinal wave where particles are spread apart
wavelength
Compression
rarefaction
crest
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A wave in which particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels, or parallel to the wave.
surface wave
longitudinal wave
transverse wave
electromagnetic wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The material through which a wave travels
medium
wave
hertz
amplitude
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second
Wave speed
wave period
amplitude
Hertz
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
wave period
wavelength
rarefaction
amplitude
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A kind of wave formed when a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave combine
transverse wave
longitudinal wave
surface wave
mechanical wave
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The speed at which a wave travels which depends on the properties of the medium
wavelength
compression
wave height
wave speed
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