Waves - properties and classifications

A __________________ is any disturbance that transmits energy.

• Medium

• Wave

• Wave Length

• Amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A _______________ is a substance through which a wave travels.

• Trough

• Wave

• Medium

• Crest

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

 ___________________ waves NEED a medium (ex. sound waves)

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

________________________ waves do NOT need a medium (ex. light waves).

• Electromagnetic

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Mechanical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

____________________ waves travel in an up-and-down fashion. 

• Electromagnetic

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Mechanical

_____________________________ waves move in compressional pulses.

• Electromagnetic

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Mechanical

The height of a wave is called its _________________________.

• Wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

• wave speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The _______________________ is the distance between 2 crests.

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

• wave speed

The number of waves in a given time period is called the _____________.

• Wavelength

• amplitude

• wave speed

• frequency

The __________________________ is the speed at which a wave travels through a medium.

• wavelength

• amplitude

• wave speed

• frequency