6th Grade- Module 4 Vocabulary

A wave that travels only through matter

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

A wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

• mechanical wave

• longitudinal wave

• electomagnteic wave

• transverse wave

A wave that makes the particles of a medium move back and forth parallel to the direction the wave travels

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

The number of times the pattern repeats in a given amount of time

• amplitude

• frequency

• speed

• refraction

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The maximum extent of the repeating quantity from equilibrium

• frequency

• wave

• amplitude

• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The amount of energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second

• frequency

• amplitude

• intensity

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The perception of how high or low a sound is; related to the frequency of a sound wave

• compression

• pitch

• decibel

a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter

• wave

• amplitude

• absorption

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a material in which a wave travels

• wave

• loudness

• medium

• wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a longitudinal wave that can travel only though matter

• pitch

• absorption

• sound wave