8th F/C Introduction to Waves

a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter

• wave

• mechanical wave

• medium

• transverse wave

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a wave that can travel only through matter

• mechanical wave

• amplitude

• frequency

• electromagnetic wave

a material in which a wave travels.

• medium

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• sound wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

• sound waves

• electromagnetic waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a wave in which the disturbance is parallel to the direction the wave travels

• longitudinal wave

• sound wave

• amplitude

• transverse wave

a longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter

• sound wave

• water wave

• electromagnetic wave

• seismic wave

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the maximum extent of the repeating quantity from equilibrium (resting position).

• amplitude

• loudness

• intensity

• wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

how you perceive the energy of a sound wave

• loudness

• intensity

• frequency

• pitch

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the amount of energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second.

• intensity

• loudness

• pitch

• frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it.

• wavelength

• frequency

• pitch

• reflection