sound waves

Fill in the blank: ________ is the region of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together.

• compression

• rarefaction

• wavelength

• frequency

Fill in the blank: ________ are the particles in the material that carries the wave move back and forth along the direction that the wave travels.

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• surface wave

• electromagnetic wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Fill in the blank: ________ is the material in which a wave travels.

• medium

• vacuum

• solid

• liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Fill in the blank: ________ is the region of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart.

• rarefaction

• compression

• wavelength

• frequency

Fill in the blank: ________ is a longitudinal wave that can only travel through matter.

• sound wave

• light wave

• radio wave

• microwave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Fill in the blank: ________ is the rapid back-and-forth motion that can occur in solids, liquids, or gases.

• vibration

• rotation

• translation

• oscillation

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Fill in the blank: ________ is the maximum distance the particles in a medium move from their rest positions as a longitudinal wave passes through the medium.

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

• velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Fill in the blank: ________ is the change of pitch when a sound source is moving in relation to an observer.

• Doppler effect

• Resonance

• Echo

• Refraction

Fill in the blank: ________ is the number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second.

• frequency

• amplitude

• velocity

• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Fill in the blank: ________ is the amount of sound energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second.

• intensity

• frequency

• wavelength

• amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1