Elevate Grade 4 Topic 3 Waves Vocabulary

What is described as a regular pattern of motion that is caused by a disturbance?

• Inertia

• Wave

• Frequency

• Amplitude

Imagine you are standing by the shore, watching waves come in. What term describes the distance between two consecutive crests of the waves you see?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Speed

What is described as a regular pattern of motion that is caused by a disturbance when a stone is thrown into a pond?

• Inertia

• Wave

• Frequency

• Amplitude

What is the distance between the furthest point of a wave and its resting position called?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Crest

Imagine you are at the beach observing the waves. What is the distance between the furthest point of a wave and its resting position called?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Crest

What term describes the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs of a wave?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Speed

What is the term used to describe a disturbance that propagates through a vacuum, such as visible light and X-rays?

• Sound wave

• Ocean wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Seismic wave

What is the form of energy that allows us to see things?

• Thermal energy

• Sound energy

• Light energy

• Kinetic energy

While walking through a park at night, you notice objects around you under the street lights. What form of energy allows you to see these objects?

• Thermal energy

• Sound energy

• Light energy

• Kinetic energy

Imagine you are observing the night sky, marveling at the vastness of the universe. What term is used to describe phenomena like the light from distant stars and the cosmic rays that travel through the vacuum of space to reach Earth?

• Sound wave

• Ocean wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Seismic wave