Unit 7 Waves Study Guide

How to find the wavelength (distance between 2 points on a wave), crest (_____ point), and trough (lowest point) on a transverse wave

• no

• highest

• middle

• bottom

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The speed of a wave depends on the _____ it travels through

• frequency

• pitch

• medium

• wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Increasing the amplitude of a wave will increase the _____

• medium

• quietness

• speed

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Mechanical waves _____travel in a vacuum.

• can

• can NOT

The wavelength of a longitudinal wave is measured by the distance between 2 _____ or 2 compressions

• rarefactions

• energies

• mediums

• amplitudes

Moving a slinky UP and DOWN is an example of a _____wave

• longitudinal

• transverse

• water

• stadium

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Sound travels fastest through solids because they are the most _____.

• open

• flexible

• soft

• dense

_____is the number of waves that pass a point in a second.

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Sound

• Vibration

High frequency= high _____sound

• volume

• quiet

• pitch

• liquid

If the wavelength doubles, the frequency will be _____

• tripled

• halved

• doubled

• quartered

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