Sound and Waves Vocabulary

Sound and Waves Vocabulary

9th - 12th Grade

15 Qs

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Sound and Waves Vocabulary

Sound and Waves Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

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

Standards-aligned

Created by

Thomas McFarland

Used 45+ times

FREE Resource

15 questions

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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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