M3L1: Wave Properties

The amplitude of a wave is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point on the next wave.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

For a wave, the ________ the amplitude, the _______ the energy the wave carries.

• larger, more

• smaller, more

• larger, less

• smaller, same

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

As the frequency of a wave increases, the wavelength increases.

• True

• False

___________ waves move particles back and forth along the same direction in which the waves travel.

• transverse

• longitudinal

• mechanical

To produce a sound, an object must be _________.

• moving

• heated

• in a gas

• vibrating

Sound travels fastest in a _________.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• vacuum

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The perception of how high or low a sound seems is _______.

• pitch

• loudness

• amplitude

• intensity

__________ is the amount of sound energy that passes through a square meter of space in a second.

• Wavelength

• Pitch

• Intensity

• Loudness

____________ is how you perceive the energy of a sound wave.

• Wavelength

• Pitch

• Intensity

• Loudness

What is the maximum distance that a wave moves from its rest position?

• pitch

• intensity

• amplitude

• transverse

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1