Quaking Earth Racing Waves HMH Vocabulary

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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11 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
amplitude
wave
crest
pitch
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave
wavelength
amplitude
medium
crest
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
distance from crest to crest or trough to trough, length of one cycle of a wave
amplitude
wavelength
4.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
WHAT DOES THE SPEED OF A SEISMIC WAVE DEPEND ON? (a)
THE MATERIAL WHICH THEY MOVE THROUGH
HOW MUCH REST THEY HAD THE NIGHT BEFORE
SEISMIC WAVES DO NOT MOVE SO SPEED IS NOTHING
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A variation in a medium that transfers energy from point to point.
wave
reflect
crest
energy
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The distance between a wave’s crests or troughs.
signal
wavelength
encode
analog
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the term for a disturbance that transfers energy through a medium?
Amplitude
Wave
Crest
Pitch
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
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