Wave Properties Vocabulary Quiz

Material through which a wave travels.

• medium
• vibration
• trough
• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion (causes waves).

• vibration
• waves
• compression
• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a traveling disturbance that carries energy from one place to another

• waves
• compression
• wavelength
• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

waves that require a medium through which to travel. Travels as transverse or Longitudinal waves.

• mechanical waves
• equilibrium
• frequency
• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling.

• waves
• frequency
• electromagnetic wave
• transverse wave

a state in which energy forces or disturbances are balanced

• amplitude
• trough
• equilibrium
• mechanical wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Horizontal distance between the crests or between the troughs of two adjacent waves.

• frequency
• compression
• medium
• wavelength

the highest point of a transverse wave

• frequency
• equilibrium
• crest
• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the lowest point of a transverse wave

• trough
• crest
• compression
• frequency

the height of a wave's crest

• medium
• transverse wave
• amplitude
• longitudinal wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1