
Waves Vocabulary
Authored by Alison Kern
Physics, Other Sciences
5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A disturbance that repeats regularly in space and time and that transmits energy from one place to another with no transfer of matter.
waves
wave speed
frequency
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A measurement of how much sound energy passes through a certain area in a certain amount of time as it spreads out from the source.
Hertz
sound intensity
transverse wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A unit of measure that indicates the relative intensity of a sound.
rarefaction
compression
decibel
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
the wave's displacement from its state of rest.
amplitude
wavelength
wave speed
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
the amount of wave cycles per second
Hertz
transverse wave
rarefaction
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
the length of one wave cycle
wave speed
wavelength
wave
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
the number of vibrations per second the ear receives, otherwise known as the sound's pitch.
transverse wave
compression
frequency
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