Waves Vocab Review
Authored by Caroline Bragg
Physics
8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
amplitude
wave
crest
pitch
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-1
NGSS.HS-PS4-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a wave that requires a medium through which to travel
mechanical wave
transverse wave
wavelength
wave
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels
longitudinal (compression) wave
electromagnetic wave
mechanical wave
transverse wave
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a wave that moves a medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels
mechanical wave
electromagnetic wave
transverse wave
longitudinal (compression) wave
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave
wavelength
amplitude
medium
crest
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
pitch
crest
frequency
trough
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the highest part of a transverse wave
pitch
crest
trough
frequency
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