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Grade 4 Waves: Amplitude & Wavelength Worksheet with Answers
Grade 4 (US) · Year 5 (UK) · Class 4 (India) · Science
Unit 2: Waves & InformationWavesNGSS 4-PS4-1
Parts of a wave, what waves carry, and how light lets us see. This free upper elementary worksheet has 15 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Grade 4 · Science
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Learning goal: Waves · NGSS 4-PS4-1
Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.
Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.
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Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.
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A cork bobs up and down as a wave passes. Does it travel with the wave?
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If waves get closer together, does the wavelength get longer or shorter?
LongerShorter - 7
How do we see objects?
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How is information sent using patterns?
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Do waves carry water across the ocean, or energy?
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What is the top of a wave called?
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Name two kinds of waves.
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What is the bottom of a wave called?
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What is the height of a wave from its middle called?
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A louder sound has a bigger or smaller amplitude?
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What is the distance from one crest to the next called?
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
I am the hardest natural mineral. What am I?
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Answer key — Waves: Amplitude & Wavelength (Grade 4)
- 1.crest
- 2.trough
- 3.wavelength
- 4.amplitude
- 5.no — it stays in about the same place
- 6.shorter
- 7.light reflects off them and enters our eyes
- 8.with codes like Morse code, binary or light signals
- 9.energy
- 10.the crest
- 11.sound, light, water or earthquake waves (any two)
- 12.the trough
- 13.the amplitude
- 14.bigger
- 15.the wavelength
- ★diamond
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.crest
- 2.trough
- 3.wavelength
- 4.amplitude
- 5.no — it stays in about the same place
- 6.shorter
- 7.light reflects off them and enters our eyes
- 8.with codes like Morse code, binary or light signals
- 9.energy
- 10.the crest
- 11.sound, light, water or earthquake waves (any two)
- 12.the trough
- 13.the amplitude
- 14.bigger
- 15.the wavelength
- ★diamond (challenge corner)
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