Waves Vocabulary

Waves Vocabulary

8th Grade

12 Qs

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Waves Vocabulary

Waves Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

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

Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Change in direction of waves that occurs when waves travel from one medium to another

Interference

Refraction

Diffraction

Reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Can be defined as the distance between two successive crests or troughs of a wave.

Amplitude

Frequency

Wavelength

Transverse Wave

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When two or more waves occupy the same space, they combine to form a single new wave.

Interference

Refraction

Diffraction

Trough

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The height of a wave from rest position

Frequency

Wavelength

Compression

Amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The number of wavelengths that pass a give point

Wavelength

Frequency

Crest

Trough

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A wave bounces back when it meets a surface or boundary.

Refraction

Trough

Crest

Reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wave in which the particle movement is parallel to the direction of the wave propagation

Transverse Wave

Longitudinal Waves

Mechanical Waves

No Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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