Science Vocabulary Review

A(n) ____ is the material in which a wave travels.

• rarefaction

• compression

• amplitude

• medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A(n) ____ is a reflected sound wave.

• Pitch

• sonar

• crest

• echo

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

_______ states that the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature.

• Boyle's law

• Charles's law

A(n) _____ is a wave in which the disturbance is parallel to the direction the wave travels.

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

is matter with a definite volume but no definite shape.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

is matter with no definite volume and no definite shape.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

___ is matter with a definite volume and a definite shape.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

____ is the amount of energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second.

• amplitude

• frequency

• pitch

• intensity

____ is a low-frequency, low-energy electromagnetic energy wave that has a wavelength between 1 mm and 30 cm.

• microwave

• gamma ray

• x-ray

• visible light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A(n) ____ is a high-energy electromagnetic energy wave with the shortest wavelength.

• microwave

• gamma ray

• x-ray

• visible light

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4