Slinky Waves

Slinky Waves

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Slinky Waves

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Assessment

Quiz

Other Sciences

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Charles Martinez

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19 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a repeating disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place?  
Medium
Wave
Compression
Rarefaction

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the name of a material in which waves, like sound waves, seismic waves, and waves in a slinky can travel?
Vacuum
Medium
Mechanical
Space

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of these waves CAN travel in a vacuum (empty space, no medium)?
sound wave
radio wave
compressional wave
water wave

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of these CANNOT travel in empty space (with no medium)?
electromagnetic waves
mechanical

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

All waves carry
energy
light 
matter
particles

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
What kind of wave is pictured below?
compressional wave
transverse wave
sound wave
mechanical wave

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
What do we call the  top of a transverse wave (label 3 seen in the image)?
crest
trough
wavelength
amplitude

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