Waves Vocabulary

Waves Vocabulary

6th - 8th Grade

20 Qs

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Waves Vocabulary

Waves Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS4-2, MS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-3

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Nicky Kupke

Used 76+ times

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20 questions

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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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