Waves

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion

•  mechanical wave

•  surface wave

•  longitudinal wave

•  wave

Which of these waves cannot travel in a vacuum?

• light wave

• sound wave

• electromagnetic wave

• microwave

Which part of the wave is this?

• Crest

• Trough

• Compression

• Rarefaction

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What type of wave is light?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

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What type of wave is this?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

• Both Electromagnetic and Mechanical

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from low to high energy

• Radio wave, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma

• Visible, Microwave, Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma, Radio wave

• Gamma, X-ray, Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared, Microwave, Radio wave

• Microwave, Radio wave, Visible, Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma

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If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ___

• frequency

• amplitude

• speed

• volume

Which material is sound able to travel fastest through? Explain.

• Vacuums of empty space because there are no particles for the sound to have to bounce around.

• Gases because the particles are less packed together so the sound waves can move quickly through it.

• Solids because the particles are closely packed together and the sound waves can bounce off of each particle quickly.

• Liquids because the particles easily slide around on each other so the sound waves can slide with the liquid particles.

Sound does not travel in space because

• The particles in a vacuum are too far apart for sound to bounce off of.

• There is not matter in space.

• Stellar gases get in the pathway of sound waves.

• This statement is incorrect, sound does travel in space.