WAVES INTRODUCTION PRACTICE
Authored by Angela Walker
Science, Physics
8th - 9th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a transverse wave?
A wave that travels at a right angle (perpendicular) to the medium and has crests and troughs
A wave that carries the medium along with it as it moves
A wave that travels parallel to the medium and has compressions and rarefactions
A wave that travels along a surface that separates two mediums
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A _________ wave is one that travels without a medium (it can travel through a vacuum like empty space in outer space).
Electromagnetic Wave
Transverse
Mechanical
Surface
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A __________________ wave is one that needs to travel through a medium like a solid, liquid, or gas.
Neither
Mechanical
Electromagnetic
Both
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a longitudinal wave?
A wave that carries the medium along with it as it moves.
A wave that travels at a right angle to the medium and has crests and troughs
A wave that travels along a surface that separates two mediums
A wave that travels parallel to the medium and has compressions and rarefactions
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the letter (b) show (lowest point of this type of wave)?
Wave Height
Resting Position
Trough
Crest
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Capital Letter A measures from the rest position to the top of the wave. What is this measurement called?
rarefaction
compression
wave height
amplitude
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the lowercase letter (a) represent (highest point of this type of wave?)?
rarefaction
crest
trough
amplitude
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
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