Wave Vocabulary

Rhythmic disturbances that carry energy without carrying matter are ___.

• crests

• models

• troughs

• waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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Waves that must have a medium to travel through are called ___.

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

• microwaves

• infrared waves

Which list shows the names of the parts to a longitudinal or compressional wave?

• warp and weft

• snips and snails

• crests and troughs

• compressions and rarefactions

The number of wavelengths that pass a given point in 1 second is the wave's ___.

• amplitude

• EM spectrum

• frequency

• reflection

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which wave is pictured? (a)  

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Both

• Neither

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What type of wave is this? (a)  

• mechanical

• electromagnetic

• microwave

• infrared light wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Match the correct wave type for wave a.

a

longitudinal

transverse

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The highest point a wave rises above the rest or normal position is ____.

• amplitude

• EM spectrum

• interference

• frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

___ occurs when a wave bends as it moves from one medium to another.

• Diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• total internal reflection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The ability of two waves to combine and form a new wave is ___.

• diffraction

• interference

• reflection

• ultraviolet radiation