Waves

A medium can be a type of:

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart.

• amplitude

• compression

• frequency

• rarefaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are close together.

• amplitude

• compression

• frequency

• rarefaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The lowest point on a transverse wave is called ____

• rarefaction

• crest

• trough

• compression

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What do waves transfer?

• Energy only

• Energy and matter or particles

• Matter or particles but not energy

• Matter only

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

A medium can be a type of:

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• all of the above

the matter that a mechanical wave travels through

• model

• medium

• wave

• wave pulse

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a wave in which the matter moves in a pattern perpendicular to the direction that the wave travels

• wave cycle

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• surface wave

a wave in which the matter moves in a pattern parallel to the direction that the wave travels

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• surface wave

• wave

A mechanical wave __________ a medium to travel.

• requires

• doesn't require