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Sound vocabulary

Authored by Cristin Butler

Science

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Sound vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The height of a wave from its resting position to the crest

amplitude

wavelength

compression

trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

the area of a wave where the particles of the medium are the closest together

trough

crest

compression

wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the highest point in the wave

trough

crest

hertz

sound

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener

echo

wave

sound

reflection

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

measures the number of wave cycles, or frequency of the wave, passing through a given point in one second

echo

opaque

pitch

hertz

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye

light

radio wave

transverse wave

wavelength

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a wave in which the particles of a medium move parallel tot he direction of the wave

longitudinal wave

mechanical wave

transverse wave

seismic wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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