Quiz on 2nd QRTR

What is transferred by the movement of waves?

• Matter
• Energy
• Nothing
• Water

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What type of wave MUST have matter to travel through?

• X-Ray
• Electromagnetic
• Mechanical
• Radient

What type of wave does NOT need matter to travel through?

• Mechanical
• Transverse
• Sound
• Electromagnetic

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The frequency of a wave is the _________________of waves passing a given point per second.

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Number
• Speed

Which line represents the wavelength in the diagram?

• Between lines B and F
• D
• Between lines E and G
• A

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which line represents the amplitude of the wave?

• A
• H
• From B to the resting point of the wave
• From E to G

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L

• M

• N

• O

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

• Sea Floor Spreading

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

When two continental crusts push together at a convergent boundary, what do they create?

• earthquakes

• valleys

• sea-floor spreading

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3