6th Grade Mechanical Waves

What do you call a disturbance that moves energy from one place to another?

• Quake

• Wave

• Atom

• Molecule

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Sound waves are what type of wave?

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Electromagnetic

• Ocean

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The way we perceive the energy in a sound wave is the wave's...

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Attitude

• Loudness

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The number of times a pattern repeats itself in a wave is called the wave's...

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Waveheight

This type of wave always requires a medium.

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

The amount of sound energy that travels through a medium in one second is the sound's...

• Volume

• Pitch

• INTENSITY!!!

_______________________ waves' particles move PARALLEL to the direction of the wave

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Electromagnetic

_________________________ waves' particles move PERPENDICULARLY to the direction the wave is traveling.

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Electromagnetic

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What is the distance from one point on a wave to the next similar point on a wave (like crest to crest, trough to trough)?

(a)  

What is a vibration?

• A back-and-forth motion

• The movement of energy through a vacuum

• Just, like...VIBES, man.

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