Waves Problems

The distance between the crest of a wave and the crest of the next wave is:

• 3mm

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

The number of complete waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time is:

• speed

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Frequency

• Wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A wave transfers:

• matter

• water

• energy

• particles

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A wave that moves the medium parallel to the direction of the energy is a:

• electromagnetic

• standing

• transverse

• longitudinal

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

When the particles of a medium are vibrating perpendicular to the direction of the wave,  this is a __________wave.

• sound

• water

• transverse

• longitudinal

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when the particles of a wave are spread out

• rarefaction

• compression

• node

• antinode

the highest point of a transverse wave

• crest

• trough

• compression

• rarefaction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the lowest point of a transverse wave

• crest

• trough

• compression

• rarefaction

when the particles of a wave are bunched up

• rarefaction

• compression

• node

• antinode