S8P4 D

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If we compare and contrast electromagnetic waves with sound waves, all BUT one statement is true. That is
sound waves require a medium to travel while electromagnetic waves do not.
electromagnetic waves can travel through the vacuum of space while sound waves cannot.
electromagnetic waves must have a medium in which to travel, but sound waves can travel anywhere.
sound waves must bounce off of matter in order to travel while electromagnetic waves do not require matter to be present.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The diagram shows a wave. The quantity shown is the amplitude. This quantity is directly proportional to which of these other quantities?
Energy
Frequency
Period
Wavelength
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An old movie poster used a quote "In space, no one can hear you scream!" Why this is true or not true?
The quote is incorrect, you can hear sound in outer space.
Sound cannot be polarized. So, you cannot hear sound in space.
Sound is an electromagnetic wave and needs no medium to travel through.
Sound needs a medium for the wave to vibrate and there is nothing in space to vibrate.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these are not mechanical waves and can be used to send a signals to satellites orbiting the earth?
sound waves
radio waves
both sound waves and radio waves
neither sound waves or radio waves
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Maria talked so loudly that Sarah could hear her without the phone.
higher crest.
higher frequency.
longer wavelength.
greater amplitude.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
To raise the pitch of the sound caused by a sound wave __________.
increase the wavelength of the wave
decrease the amplitude of the wave
decrease the energy of the wave
increase the frequency of the wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do sound waves move in air?
the wave particles diffract around a barrier
the wave particles move in a curvilinear motion
the wave particles move via acceleration; that is, they increase speed
the wave particles displace one another, with particles replacing each other
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
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