Waves Test

What does a wave carry from place to place?

• energy

• matter

• people

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Waves that can travel through empty space are called _____ waves. Waves that require a medium to travel, such as air or water, are called _____ waves.

• mechanical, electromagnetic

• electromagnetic, mechanical

• crest, trough

• compressional, rarefactional

In a longitudinal wave, a ____ is an area where the particles are spread apart and a ____ is an area where the particles are close together.

• crest, trough

• compression, rarefaction

• rarefaction, compression

• trough, crest

In this diagram of a transverse wave, A is showing the wave's _____ and B is showing the wave's _____.

• amplitude, trough

• amplitude, crest

• wavelength, trough

• wavelength, crest

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

In this diagram of a transverse wave, C is showing the wave's _____ and D is showing the wave's _____.

• crest, amplitude

• trough, amplitude

• crest, wavelength

• trough, wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Any material that a wave travels through is called a ____________________.

• vibration
• compression
• medium
• crest

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The number of waves passing a point in a certain amount of time is the _____.

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

• compression

When you yell in the hallway, some of the energy in the sound waves bounces back.

This is an example of _____.

• refraction

• reflection

• transmission

• absorption

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The longer the _____________  the ______________ the frequency.

• wavelength, lower
• wavelength, higher
• amplitude, lower
• amplitude, higher

Which has longer wavelengths, radio waves or visible light waves?

• radio waves

• visible light waves

• They both have the same wavelength.