Waves Vocabulary

Waves Vocabulary

8th Grade

16 Qs

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Waves Vocabulary

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2, HS-PS4-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

AMY POPE

Used 12+ times

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16 questions

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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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