Properties of Waves Vocabulary Quiz

Lowest point on a wave

• trough

• crest

Highest point on a wave

• wavelength

• crest

• wave

• trough

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Waves that transmit electromagnetic energy; make things visible

• light

• waves

• electromagnetic waves

• vision

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Disturbance in matter that transfers energy

• electricity

• wavelength

• wave

• translucent

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Scatters light (partially see-through)

• opaque

• diffraction

• translucent

• hertz

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The bending of a wave around a barrier

• rarefaction

• diffraction

• frequency

• amplitude

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Number of waves that pass a point in one second; measured in hertz

• time

• length

• hertz

• frequency

Measure of the size or magnitude of a wave

• magnitude

• wavelength

• longitudinal

• amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Transmits all light (see-through)

• translucent

• light

• transparent

• diffraction

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Wave type that requires a material through which to travel

• transverse

• longitudinal

• waves

• mechanical

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