Lesson - Waves

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Science

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7th Grade

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NGSS

HS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2

Standards-aligned

A. Bleecher

Used 2+ times

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15 Slides • 49 Questions

Drag and Drop

Waves move

without moving

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energy

matter

electromagnetism

mechanical

light

sound

Multiple Choice

Energy is measured in........

Wavelength

Meters

Joules

Frequency

Multiple Choice

How do electromagnetic and mechanical waves compare?

Mechanical waves can only travel through a vacuum, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas.

Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a gas.

Mechanical waves can only travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum.

Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a solid.

Dropdown

What type of wave is this?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true for sound waves?

They require a medium.

They are unrelated to vibrations.

They cannot travel through liquids

They can travel in a vacuum

Multiple Choice

A student asks a series of questions about a wave. The answer to which question will allow the student to determine whether the wave is electromagnetic or mechanical?

Does it require a medium in order to travel?

Can it pass through air and water?

Does it have a measurable speed?

Does it have a measurable frequency?

Drag and Drop

Vibrations in a

wave are perpendicular to the direction of wave motion AND Vibrations in a

wave are always parallel to the direction of wave motion.

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TRANSVERSE

LONGITUDINAL

Match

Match the following

wave needs a medium

wave does not need a medium

particles in wave move perpendicular (right angles) to wave

particles in wave move parallel to wave

Mechanical Wave

Electromagnetic Wave

Transverse Wave

Longitudinal Wave

Multiple Choice

Examples of ________ waves include visible light, xrays, ultraviolet, and radio waves.

transverse

longitudinal

Match

Match each number with the correct part of the longitudinal wave.

Wavelength

Compression

Rarefaction

Amplitude

Labelling

Label the transverse wave

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

equilibrium position

amplitude

trough

crest

wavelength

Match

Match the following

crest

amplitude

wavelength

Trough

wavelength

Labelling

Label the following Transverse Wave with the vocabulary provided.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Wavelength

Rest position

Amplitude

Match

Match the following terms with their definitions related to longitudinal waves.

compression

rarefaction

crest

amplitude

Where particles are packed closely together

Where particles are spread apart

Highest point of a wave

Maximum displacement from rest position

Drag and Drop

cause the medium to move perpendicular to the direction of the wave.

cause the medium to move parallel to the direction of the wave.

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Transverse waves

Longitudinal waves

Light waves

Multiple Choice

When a bat searches for prey at night, it makes sounds as it flies, and it uses the sounds echoes to find its prey. When the bat flies and listens to echoes to locate prey, it is using....

thermal energy and light energy

sound energy and thermal energy

mechanical energy and sound energy

light energy and mechanical energy

Multiple Choice

What does energy have to do with wavelength and frequency?

The higher the frequency the less energy the wave has.

The lower the frequency the more energy the wave has.

The shorter the wavelength the more energy the wave has.

The longer the wavelength the more energy the wave has.

Hotspot

The temperature outside is 20C. At what point on the graph should we look to find the speed of sound?

Multiple Choice

True or false: as you move along the spectrum, left to right, the wavelengths decrease in size (get smaller)

true

false

Multiple Choice

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

high, low

high, high

low, high

low, low

Multiple Choice

Select the correct order of waves on the EMS

Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio

Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio

Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

Multiple Choice

Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy

Gamma Rays

Radio Waves

Visible Light

Infrared rays

Multiple Choice

Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency/most energy

Radio waves

Ultraviolet Rays

Gamma Rays

X-rays

Multiple Choice

Which section of the spectrum is the ONLY one we can see?

X-rays

Visible Light

Gamma Rays

Ultraviolet Rays

Multiple Choice

Put the visible light colors in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength

Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red

Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, Violet, Blue, Indigo

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

Multiple Choice

Which of the following electromagnetic waves is given off as heat?

Radio Waves

Infrared Rays

Visible Light

Gamma Rays

Multiple Choice

The _______________ determines the color of visible light.

wavelength

speed

amplitude

light

Multiple Choice

How are electromagnetic waves different from other waves?

They have very short wavelengths

They transmit energy instead of matter

They can travel through a vacuum

They can change direction by reflection

Multiple Choice

Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the lowest energy?

gamma ray

infrared wave

visible light wave

microwave

Multiple Choice

As the frequency of an electromagnetic wave increases, the amount of energy in that wave...

increases.

decreases.

stays the same.

Multiple Choice

Which color has the highest frequency?

red

orange

green

blue

Multiple Choice

Which color has the least amount of energy?

red

orange

green

blue

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has the longest wavelength?

microwaves

visible light

x-rays

infrared waves

Multiple Choice

High frequency waves have _________ wavelengths.

varying

long

the same

short

Multiple Choice

The distance between two crests or two troughs of a wave is called:

frequency

amplitud

wavelength

hertz

Multiple Choice

All electromagnetic waves have the same...

frequency

speed

wavelength

energy

Multiple Choice

How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible?

All of it

None of it

Most of it

Only a small part

Multiple Choice

The height of the wave is known as the _____________.

amplitude

crest

trough

wavelength

Multiple Choice

Which is associated with Roy G Biv

gamma rays

X-rays

visible light

radio waves

Multiple Choice

Light waves are arranged in the electromagnetic spectrum by

wavelength and brightness

speed and color

brightness and color

wavelength and frequency

Multiple Choice

_______ can be used in Medicine to produce images of tissues deep inside of the body (MRI)

Radio Waves

Infrared waves

Ultraviolet Rays

Gamma Rays

Multiple Choice

Place the following in the proper order from shortest wave length to longest wave length

radio waves, infrared waves, x rays

gamma rays, ultraviolet, Microwaves

x rays, gamma rays , ultraviolet light

microwaves

Multiple Choice

RADAR uses this type of waves

Microwaves

Radio waves

Gamma Rays

Infrared waves

Multiple Choice

Sunblock provides an opaque layer that prevents ______ from reaching your skin

Infrared Waves

Microwaves

Ultraviolet Rays

X Rays

Multiple Choice

______ are DETECTED by CHARGED PARTICLES (created by their collisions between/with different atoms).These waves are very hard to detect

Infrared Waves

Ultraviolet Waves

Gamma Rays

X-Rays

Multiple Choice

______ is created by natural radioactive decay

Gamma Rays

Microwaves

X- Rays

Infrared Rays

Multiple Choice

_______ can cause skin damage or different types of cancers if exposed to for long periods of time

X - Ray

all of the above

Gamma Rays

Ultraviolet Rays

Multiple Choice

Different colors are related to different tempertatures

False

True

Multiple Choice

In visible light, _____ has the shortest wave length and _____ has the longest

red, violet

yellow, violet

violet, red

yellow, red

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