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Characteristics of waves

Authored by Linda Bruce

Science

6th Grade

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Characteristics of waves
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do you call vibrations that move through a medium?

waves

crest

trough

amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a Slinky is moved up and down it creates a

transverse wave

longitudinal wave

medium

energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Sound travels through air. What is air an example of?

medium

energy

longitudinal waves

transverse waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave. (Like crest to crest)

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A wave that vibrates through the medium up and down or side to side is a

transverse wave

surface wave

sound wave

longitudinal wave

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which wave has the lowest amplitude?

1 (top)

2 (middle)

3 (bottom)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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