Waves and Sounds Test

Name the wave shown in the image and label letters A, B, C, D, and E.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What are you measuring if you measure from crest to crest or from trough to trough?

• Wavelength

• Wave Height

• Amplitude

• Frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The interaction of sound waves that meet is called:

(a)  

The speed of sound depends on all of the properties of the medium EXCEPT:

• Temperature

• Elasticity

• Loudness

• Density

Name the wave in the image and label letters A and B.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is the frequency of a wave?

• The distance between two consecutive crests of the wave. 

• The number of complete cycles of the wave that pass a given point in one second.

• The maximum height of the wave from its rest position. 

• The speed at which the wave travels through a medium. 

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

True or False

A wave transfers a medium from one place to another.

• True

• False

What is the name of the phenomenon that the figure illustrates?

What is the relationship between frequency and pitch?

• Higher frequency results in lower pitch. 

• Lower frequency results in higher pitch. 

• Higher frequency results in higher pitch. 

• Frequency has no effect on pitch. 

What does this image illustrate?

• Refraction

• Rarefaction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2