Sound and Waves Vocabulary

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Science
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9th - 12th Grade
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Thomas McFarland
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at an angle.
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Rarefaction
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
Compression
Rarefaction
Crest
Trough
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A wave that appears to stay in one place and does not seem to move through a medium, due to a repeated pattern of interference.
Transverse
Longitudinal
Surface
Standing
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The matter through which a wave travels.
Ether
Medium
Electromagnetic Field
Liquids and Gasses
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A wave that is dependent upon a medium in order to travel.
Medium Wave
Transverse Wave
Mechanical Wave
Electromagnetic Wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The distance from one crest to another (or one trough to another).
Wavelength
Frequency
Amplitude
Wave Speed
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When two waves interfere in such a way that a the crests line up with the troughs and result in a wave with less amplitude.
Standing Wave
Constructive Interference
Destructive Interference
Transverse Wave
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