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Waves Basics

Authored by Charles Martinez

Physics

8th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Waves Basics
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

A. surface wave

B. transverse wave

C. electromagnetic wave

D. longitudinal wave

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion

A. mechanical wave
B. surface wave
C. longitudinal wave
D. wave

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The number of waves produced per unit time.

A. amplitude
B. wave speed
C. frequency
D. wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

A. frequency
B. wavelength
C. wave speed
D. amplitude

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A section of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together is called a

A. rarefaction.
B. vibration
C.compression
D. surface wave.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

High energy waves have a ____. 

high frequency
low frequency
small amplitude
big wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

All waves carry

energy
light 
matter
particles

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

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