Waves Vocabulary

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6th - 8th Grade
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Nicky Kupke
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
matter
wave
crest
trough
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
waves that can travel through empty space
longitudinal waves
transverse waves
electromagnetic waves
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-3
NGSS.HS-PS4-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
waves that only travel through a medium
electromagnetic waves
mechanical waves
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
waves in which particles of the medium move up and down (perpendicular)
transverse waves
longitudinal waves
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
highest point of a wave
crest
trough
compression
rarefaction
rest point
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
lowest point of a wave
crest
trough
compression
rarefactions
rest position
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
where the medium shows no disturbance
rest position
compression
rarefaction
trough
crest
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