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Wave Properties Vocabulary Quiz

Authored by Sandra Johnson

Science

6th - 8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Wave Properties Vocabulary Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Material through which a wave travels.

medium
vibration
trough
frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

vibration
waves
compression
trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a traveling disturbance that carries energy from one place to another

waves
compression
wavelength
frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

waves
frequency
electromagnetic wave
transverse wave

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a state in which energy forces or disturbances are balanced

amplitude
trough
equilibrium
mechanical wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

frequency
compression
medium
wavelength

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