Spring Semester Test 2024-2025

A wave can be defined as:

• A transfer of energy from one place to another
• The movement of matter through a medium such as air.
• The transfer of matter from one object to another.
• A transfer of matter where the vibration of the medium is random

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What **shape** of wave is shown in the image below?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Electromagnetic
• Mechanical

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The two broad categories of waves are:

• Transverse and Longitudinal
• Transverse and Surface
• Gamma and Radio waves
• Electromagnetic and Mechanical

Which of the following types of waves requires a medium to travel through?

• Electromagnetic
• Mechanical
• Transverse
• Visible Light Waves

Which of the following is true about how Electromagnetic waves can travel?

• They can travel through a medium and through empty space
• They can travel through a medium, but NOT through empty space
• They cannot travel through a medium, but can travel through empty space
• They require a solid or a liquid to travel through

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Some types of waves require a medium to travel. What is a medium?

• Some form of matter (solid, liquid, gas)
• The central part of a wave
• The cycle of waves from crest to trough
• The empty space between the sun and the Earth

What are the two shapes that waves can exist in?

• Electromagnetic, Mechanical
• Transverse, Sound
• Electromagnetic, Sound
• Transverse, Longitudinal

An earthquake is a mechanical wave.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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A sound wave can be classified as what kind of wave?

• Electromagnetic, Transverse
• Electromagnetic, Longitudinal
• Mechanical, Transverse
• Mechanical, Longitudinal

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The unit for wavelength is:

• Hertz
• meters
• meters / second
• amplitude

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