Waves quiz

The ability to move things is called ________.

• sound

• energy

• medium

• amplitude

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Movement back & forth or up & down is called __________.

• potential energy

• medium

• vibrations

• wavelengths

The solid, liquid or gas that a wave moves through is called the _______.

• medium

• vibration

• sound

• kinetic energy

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Why is there no sound in space?

• Because it's too far away.

• Because there is not a medium for the waves to move through.

• Because there is no one in space to hear it.

• Because the amplitude is too low.

The distance between 2 peaks in a wave is call the ___________.

• trough

• pitch

• amplitude

• wavelenth

The measure between the center line and peak of a wave is called the ______.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• pitch

• trough

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How fast a wave is passing by in 1 second is called its _______.

• amplitude

• frequency

• peak

• trough

What do waves carry from place to place?

• energy

• pitch

• mediums

• troughs

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_______ is how high or low a sound is.

• medium

• amplitude

• frequency

• pitch

When 2 objects rub together as they slide, we call that _______.

• potential energy

• friction

• kinetic energy

• vibration