Waves Part 1 Vocab

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A disturbance that carries energy but not matter.
A wave
A medium
A crest
A compression
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A wave that can only travel through matter
An electromagnetic wave
A transverse wave
A medium wave
A mechanical wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A wave that can travel through the vacuum of space and (some) matter.
An electromagnetic wave
A transverse wave
A medium wave
A mechanical wave
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is a medium?
The top of bottom of a transverse wave
The size of a wave
The matter (material) a wave can travel through
The part of the wave where the particles are closest together
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A wave in which the disturbance is at right angles to the direction the wave travels
A longitudinal wave
A transverse wave
An electromagnetic wave
A mechanical wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A wave that makes the particles move back and forward on the same path as the energy
A longitudinal wave
A transverse wave
An electromagnetic wave
A medium wave
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is a compression?
the highest point on a transverse wave
The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the farthest apart
The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the closest together
the lowest point on a transverse wave
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