Motion of Waves

A representation of something found in real life

• Model

• Surface

• Waves

• Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Motion

• A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• The outermost covering or layer

• Describes change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison to other objects

• A representation of something found in real life

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• Surface

• Motion

• Model

• Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Surface

• A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• The outermost covering or layer

• A representation of something found in real life

• Describes change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison to other objects

When wind moves across the surface of deep water, the water goes–

• around and around

• out to sea.

• up and down

• toward the beach

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A group of students are trying to make various sizes of waves by dropping objects in a large bucket of water. Which object would create the largest waves?

• basketball

• ping pong ball

• golf ball

• baseball

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

How are waves in the deep ocean different than waves near a shoreline?

• Waves always go toward the shore.

• Waves deep in the ocean go up and down. Waves near the shoreline go toward the shore.

• Waves deep in the ocean go toward the shore. Waves near the shoreline go up and down.

• Waves deep in the ocean sometimes go up and down and sometimes go toward the shore. Waves at the shoreline sometimes go up and down and sometimes go toward the shore.

All waves have–

• wavelength

• sound

• amplitude

• amplitude and wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A beach ball is floating in the ocean. When the height of the ocean waves increases, what happens to the beach ball?

• The beach ball moves less.

• The beach ball sinks.

• The beach ball moves more.

• The beach ball stops moving.