
Wave Vocabulary Quiz
Authored by Jennifer Strickland
Science
8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term used to describe the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as from crest to crest?
Amplitude
Frequency
Wavelength
Trough
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of wave moves the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
Transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
Mechanical waves
Standing waves
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the bending of waves due to a change in speed as they enter a new medium?
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Interference
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What phenomenon occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency?
Resonance
Amplitude
Wavelength
Compression
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What term means the lowest part of a transverse wave?
Crest
trough
wavelength
amplitude
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What term means the highest part of a transverse wave?
Crest
trough
wavelength
amplitude
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What term means an interaction between two waves that meet?
rarefaction
standing wave
interference
amplitude
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