Quiz about BCA: 6th Grade: Science: Properties of Waves

Question 1

is a traveling disturbance that moves through space and matter?

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wave

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particle

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vibration

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particle

Question 2

A wave is a disturbance that transfers ______ from place to place?

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Energy

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Sound

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Matter

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Light

Question 3

Energy is the ability to do ______?

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work

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breathe

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eat

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sleep

Question 4

The type of waves that require a medium to pass:

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Mechanical Waves

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Electromagnetic Waves

Question 5

Is a wave where the disturbance moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave?

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Transverse wave

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Compression wave

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Surface wave

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Longitudinal wave

Question 6

Are waves that can travel through a vacuum?

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Electromagnetic Waves

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Transverse Waves

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Mechanical Waves

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Ocean Waves

Question 7

Is a wave where the disturbance travels in the same direction as the wave?

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Longitudinal wave

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Mechanical wave

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Transverse wave

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Electromagnetic wave

Question 8

Is the matter that a wave travels through?

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medium

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gas

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solid

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plasma

Question 9

Is the highest point of a wave?

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Crest

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Base

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Peak

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Trough

Question 10

Is the lowest part of the wave?

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trough

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crest

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swell

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peak

Question 11

Is the position the medium would take if there were no wave. It is represented on a graph by a line through the center of the wave?

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Resting position

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Equilibrium position

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Zero point

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Neutral point

Question 12

The measure of the displacement of the wave from its rest position?

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Amplitude

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Frequency

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Wavelength

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Phase

Question 13

Is the distance between two corresponding pints on back to back cycles of a wave?

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Wavelength

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Amplitude

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Speed

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Trough

Question 14

Is the number of times per second that a wave cycles?

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frequency

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velocity

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wavelength

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amplitude

Question 15

Is a measure of how fast the disturbance of the wave is moving?

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speed

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frequency

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amplitude

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length

Question 16

A wave is a disturbance that transfers _____ from one place to another?

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Energy

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Light

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Sound

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Matter

Question 17

What kind of wave vibrate our eardrums so we can hear?

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Sound waves

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Radio waves

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Water waves

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Light waves

Question 18

What kind of waves require some sort of medium to travel through?

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Mechanical waves

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Electromagnetic waves

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Transverse waves

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Longitudinal waves

Question 19

What kind of wave can travel through a vacuum?

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Electromagnetic waves

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Sound waves

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Water waves

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Seismic waves

Question 20

Which of the following waves is a mechanical wave?

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Sound wave

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Light wave

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Electromagnetic wave

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Radio wave

Question 21

Which of the following waves is an electromagnetic wave?

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Light Waves

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Water wave

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Seismic Waves

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Sound Waves

Question 22

In which of the following waves does the disturbance move in the same direction as the wave?

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Longitudinal waves

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Transverse waves

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Mechanical waves

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Electromagnetic waves

Question 23

In which of the following waves does the disturbance move in a perpendicular direction to the wave?

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Transverse waves

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Surface waves

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Longitudinal waves

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Compression waves

Question 24

What are two types of sound waves?

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Longitudinal and mechanical

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Compression waves and rarefaction waves

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Surface waves and bulk waves

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Mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves

Question 25

Label "D" on the diagram

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WAVELENGTH

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AMPLITUDE

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TROUGH

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CREST/PEAK

Question 26

Label "C" on the diagram

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TROUGH

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AMPLITUDE

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WAVELENGTH

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CREST/PEAK

Question 27

Label "B" on the diagram

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AMPLITUDE

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WAVELENGTH

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TROUGH

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CREST/PEAK

Question 28

Label "A" on the diagram

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CREST/PEAK

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TROUGH

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WAVELENGTH

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AMPLITUDE

Question 29

Waves transmit __________ not ____________

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energy, matter

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heat, energy

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light, sound

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matter, energy

Question 30

When graphing a wave, what does the horizontal axis usually represent?

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Time or distance

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Frequency

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Amplitude

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Phase

Question 31

What does the horizontal line through the center of the wave on a graph represent?

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rest position of the wave

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Peak position of the wave

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Trough position of the wave

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Amplitude of the wave

Question 32

When graphing a wave, what does the vertical axis usually represents?

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Amplitude

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Frequency

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Wavelength

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Time period

Question 33

What do we call the highest point on the wave on a graph?

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crest

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trough

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rest point

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summit

Question 34

What do we call the lowest point of the wave on a graph?

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trough

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valley

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summit

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peak

Question 35

What wave measurement represents the number of times per second that the wave cycles.

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frequency

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velocity

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wavelength

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amplitude

Question 36

What wave measurement would you find by measuring the distance between the crest of back to back wave cycles?

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wavelength

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velocity

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frequency

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amplitude

Question 37

What wave measurement would you find by measuring the time between the crests of back to back wave cycles

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Peroid

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Wavelength

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Amplitude

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Crest

Question 38

What wave measurement represents the strength of intensity of the wave?

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Amplitude

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Velocity

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Wavelength

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Frequency

Question 39

What wave measurement represents how fast the disturbance of the wave is moving?

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velocity

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wavelenght

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peroid

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amplitude

Question 40

A wave is a disturbance that transfers _______ from one place to another?

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Energy

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Light

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Sound

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Matter

Question 41

What kind of waves vibrates our eardrums so we can hear?

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Sound waves

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Light waves

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Radio waves

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Microwave waves

Question 42

What kind of waves require some sort of medium to travel through?

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Mechanical waves

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Electromagnetic waves

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Sound waves

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Light waves

Question 43

What kind of wave can travel through a vacuum?

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electromagnetic waves

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mechanical waves

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water waves

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all the above

Question 44

What kind of waves transfer energy

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All of the above

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Mechanical Waves

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Electromagnetic Waves

Question 45

Which of the following waves is a mechanical wave?

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sound waves

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light

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microwaves

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radio waves

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xrays

Question 46

Which of the following waves is a electromagnetic waves?

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Light waves

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Water waves

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Seismic Waves

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Waves in a spring

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Sound Waves

Question 47

In which of the following waves does the disturbance move in the same direction as the wave?

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Longitudinal Waves

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Transverse Waves

Question 48

In which of the following waves does the disturbance move in a perpendicular directions to the wave?

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Transverse Wave

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Longitudinal Wave

Question 49

What type of wave sound?

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Longitudinal and Mechanical

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Transverse and Mechanical

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Transverse and Electromagnetic

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Longitudinal and Electromagnetic

Question 50

What kind of wave is pictured below?

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transverse wave

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compressional wave

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sound wave

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mechanical wave

Question 51

The units for frequency are measured in _____________.

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hertz

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seconds

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m/s

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m

Question 52

In longitudinal waves, the parts where the coils are spread apart are called what?

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rarefactions

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compressions

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mechanicals

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longitudes

Question 53

In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the coils are close together are called what?

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compressions

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longitudes

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rarefactions

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contractions

Question 54

What type of wave move a slinky back and forth?

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longitudinal

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transverse

Question 55

What kind of wave is pictured?

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Longitudinal

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Transverse

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surface

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none of the above

Question 56

In the diagram of a compressional wave, A is showing a ___ while B is showing a ___.

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rarefaction, compression

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compression, rarefaction

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trough, crest

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crest, trough

Question 57

What kind of frequency does wave have?

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high frequency

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low frequency

Question 58

What kind of frequency does this wave length have?

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Low Frequency

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High Frequency

Question 59

Name the two types of Mechanical Waves.

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Transverse waves and Longitudinal waves

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Surface waves and Rayleigh waves

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Compression waves and Rarefaction waves

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Sound waves and Electromagnetic waves

Question 60

transverse mean______?

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across

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between

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in the middle

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under

Question 61

Where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum?

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crest

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trough

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rest position

Question 62

Where the displacement to the medium is at a medium?

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trough

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crest

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rest position

Question 63

Where the medium shows no disturbance?

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Rest position

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Stability

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Harmony

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Calm

Question 64

Transverse waves move mediums

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at a right angle

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in a circle

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and matter too

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at an acute angle

BCA: 6th Grade: Science: Properties of Waves

81 questions

is a traveling disturbance that moves through space and matter?

A wave is a disturbance that transfers ______ from place to place?

Energy is the ability to do ______?

The type of waves that require a medium to pass:

Is a wave where the disturbance moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave?

Are waves that can travel through a vacuum?

Is a wave where the disturbance travels in the same direction as the wave?

Is the matter that a wave travels through?

Is the highest point of a wave?

Is the lowest part of the wave?

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