NGSS Semester 1 Review

This pie chart best fits which listed situation?

• An object is falling and is very close to the ground

• An object is being thrown upward and is close to its highest point

• A toy car is slowly rolling across a level floor

• A ball is being launched upward by a slingshot

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Which form of energy does the little boy use in order to get the pogo stick working?

• Kinetic

• Potential

• Chemical

• Deformation

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Sound is a...

• Longitudinal wave that needs a medium

• Longitudinal wave that can travel in a vacuum

• Transverse wave that can travel through a vacuum

• Transverse wave that needs a medium

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The speed of a water wave is 24 m/s. Its frequency is 8 Hz. What is the wavelength?

• 3 m

• 0.333 m

• 192 m

• 3 Hz

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A swing makes twelve full back-and-forth motions in 20 seconds. What is the time period for the swing?

• 1.67 s

• 0.6 s

• 0.4 s

• 240 s

The pitch of a flute is lower than the pitch of a violin. This means...

• The violin has a lower amplitude than the flute.

• The flute has a greater amplitude than the violin.

• The flute has a lower frequency than the violin.

• The flute plays a greater frequency than the violin.

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A car's stereo is louder than another car's horn. This means...

• The stereo has a lower amplitude than the other car’s horn.

• The other car’s horn has a lower amplitude than the stereo.

• The stereo has a greater pitch than the other car’s horn.

• The other car’s horn has a lower pitch than the stereo.

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A 2 cm tall crest meets a 13 cm deep trough in the same medium. What will be the resulting amplitude when they meet?

• 15 cm deep

• 6.5 cm tall

• 11 cm deep

• 11 cm tall

A tuba (220 Hz), a drum (450 Hz), and a trombone (180 Hz) play the given notes in the same room. Which travels fastest?

• The trombone’s low note

• The tuba’s medium note

• The drum’s high note

• They all travel at the same speed

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The speed of a wave depends only on the...

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Medium it’s traveling through

• Time period

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