Wave Properties

The highest part of a transverse wave is

• the crest

• the trough

• the wave point

• the hotel transylvania

The lowest part of a transverse wave are the

• crests

• troughs

• wave points

• low nodules

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is its

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

• velocity

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The height of the wave from its resting point is called its

• wavelength

• amplitude

• velocity

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Longitudinal waves have:

• crests and troughs

• crests and compressions

• compressions and rarefactions

• troughs and rarefactions

Transverse waves have:

• crests and troughs

• troughs and rarefactions

• compressions and contractions

• rarefactions and crests

How often a wave occurs is the wave's

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

• velocity

What is the amplitude of this wave?

• 3

• -3

• 6

• 4

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is the wavelength of this wave?

• 3

• 10

• 4

• 8

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Frequency
• Wavelength

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7