Mechanical waves review
Authored by DORIAN GREENING
Science, Physics
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the distance between the top of the wave and the resting point called?
Wavelength
Amplitude
Frequency
Speed
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NGSS.MS-PS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
3 waves pass a specific point every second, what is the frequency of the wave?
1 hz
1 m/s
3 hz
3 m/s
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NGSS.MS-PS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How is wavelength related to frequency?
Directly - if one gets larger, so does the other
Inversely - if one gets larger, the other gets smaller
They are not related to each other
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of wave vibrates 90 degrees from its direction of travel?
Transverse
Longitudinal (Compression)
Surface
Crowd
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of wave vibrates in the same direction that it travels?
Transverse
Longitudinal (Compression)
Surface
Crowd
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What determines the speed of a mechanical wave?
Amplitude
Medium
Type of wave
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do we call the material that a wave travels through?
Wavelength
Amplitude
Medium
Vacuum
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NGSS.MS-PS4-2
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