Sound waves vocab quiz

moving beyond the starting position

• Vibration
• crest
• trough
• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Top of the wave

• Vibration
• crest
• trough
• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

bottom of the wave

• Vibration
• crest
• trough
• wave

unit of measurement for how many waves pass a point in 1 second

• Vibration
• nanometer
• hertz
• wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

repeating pattern of motion that transfers energy from place to place

• Vibration
• wave
• wavelength
• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Energy of the wave passes through the medium.

• transmittance
• absorption
• reflection
• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The transfer of the energy of the wave to the medium it comes into contact with.

• transmittance
• absorption
• reflection
• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Waves hitting matter and bouncing off.

• transmittance
• absorption
• reflection
• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

How many waves pass a point in 1 second.

• transmittance
• absorption
• reflection
• frequency

length of one wave measured from peak to peak

• reflection
• frequency
• wavelength
• amplitude