waves

Crest

The highest point of a transverse wave

Trough

The lowest point of a transverse wave.

Medium

Any matter that is dispersed by energy. The matter that Mechanical waves pass through.

Frequency

The word that represents the number of waves that pass a point in one second.

Amplitude

The measurement of how much energy a wave is carrying.

Wavelength

The distance a wave travels in one wave cycle

2 types of mechanical waves

Ocean waves, sound waves.

2 major types of waves

Electromagnetic and mechanical.

Wave

Wave are a disturbance that moves energy from one place to another

Amplitude in general

The word that describes the distance of the midpoint to the crest of a transverse wave.

Frequency in general

Mechanical Waves

Any type of wave that needs a medium travel through.

Electromagnetic waves

A wave that does not need a medium to travel through.

Transverse wave

Energy in the medium moves back and fourth at right angles to the direction te wave travels.

Longitudinal/compressional waves

The energy moves back and fourth in the same direction as that the wave travels.

Compression

An area on the wave where the medium becomes more dense.

Rarefaction

An area on the wave where the is less dense.

Reflection

The process by which a wav hits an object and BOUNCES off of it.

Absorption

When a wave hits a material and it is not reflected back but gets sucked in.

Transmission

“To go through”

Reflection

When a wave, hits a object and bounces back into the original medium

Refaction

The bending of a wave when is passes from one medium to another.