Wave Properties Test

What is the medium of a wave?

• A regular pattern of motion

• A substance through which a wave travels

• A type of wave

• The endpoint of a wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What happens to the particles in a medium as a wave travels through?

• A change in the medium's state of matter

• A vibration

• Particles move permanently in the direction of the wave

• Particles stop moving

What is NOT transferred by a wave?

• Energy

• Motion

• Vibration

• Matter

Mechanical waves cannot travel through:

• A) Solid

• B) Liquid

• C) Gas

• D) Empty space

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

How does a wave behave when it encounters a barrier?

• It is unpredictable and random.

• It may be reflected, refracted, diffracted, transmitted or absorbed.

• It stops moving entirely

• It only reflects

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What happens when a wave encounters a barrier according to the image?

• The wave bounces off the surface of the barrier, a process called reflection.

• The wave is absorbed by the barrier.

• The wave immediately stops moving

• The wave passes through the barrier without any change

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the term used to describe the bending of waves around objects as shown in the image?

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Transmission

What is the bending of a wave called when it passes from one medium to another, such as from air into water?

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Looking at the picture, which statement would best describe the waves.

• Wave A has a higher frequency

• Wave B has a higher frequency

• Wave B has a longer wavelength

• Both A and B have the same frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What does the loudness (volume) of a sound depend on?

• The frequency of the sound wave

• The energy and intensity (amplitude) of the sound waves

• The color of the soundwave

• The wavelength of the sound wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1