Mechanical Waves Review

Mechanical Waves Review

5th - 8th Grade

42 Qs

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Mechanical Waves Review

Mechanical Waves Review

Assessment

Quiz

Physics

5th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2, HS-PS4-3

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jake Tabbert

Used 147+ times

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42 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Waves that require a medium are called 
mechanical waves
transverse waves
light waves
gamma rays

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of wave moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?
compressional waves
mechanical waves
transverse waves
ultraviolet rays

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is when the waves are squeezed together?
compression
rarefaction
crest
trough

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is spread a part?
compression
rarefaction
crest
trough

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can electromagnetic waves travel through?
mediums
empty space
solely solids
both mediums and empty space

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a repeating disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place?  
Medium
Wave
Compression
Rarefaction

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of a material in which waves, like sound waves, seismic waves, and waves in a slinky travel through
Vacuum
Medium
Mechanical
Space

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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