Bill Nye Waves

1. You and I see, hear and think with _______________.

• waves
• atoms
• electrons
• motion

2. The distance (length) between two waves is called the _______________.

• peak
• trough
• wavelength
• pulse

3. When waves come by often, we say they have a ___________frequency. When they come by slow we say they have a _____________ frequency.

• low, high
• low, medium
• high, low
• high, medium

4. If Bill makes a high frequency sound, you can see the waves are close together and the wavelength is ________.

• long
• medium
• short

5. If Bill makes a low frequency sound, the waves are farther apart and have a _______________wavelength.

• long
• medium
• short

6. Waves can move in all directions.

• True
• False

7. When we have a wave, we can measure its frequency by___________the peaks

• measuring
• counting
• ignoring
• multiplying

8. The amplitude of a wave can not be measured.

• True
• False

9. All waves have a similar _____________.

• wavelength
• size
• amplitude
• shape

10. We see different wavelengths as different _______.

• colors
• lights
• sounds
• shapes