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What is a Wave?
-A disturbance that travels from one place to another transporting energy, but not necessarily matter, along with it.
In what kind of wave do particles move up and down perpendicular to the direction of wave travel?
Transverse wave
What term describes the maximum displacement of a particle in a wave?
Amplitude
What is used to measure wavelength in a longitudinal wave?
The distance between two adjacent compressions AND the distance between two adjacent rarefactions.
What is the relationship between the period and the frequency of a wave?
They are the inverse of one another.
What do waves carry through matter or space?
Through energy
The highest point on a transverse wave
Crest
The lowest point on a transverse wave
Trough
A region of increased pressure in a longitudinal wave
Compression
A region of decreased pressure in a longitudinal wave
Rarefaction
The distance between any two successive parts of a wave
Wavelength
The units for frequency
Hertz (Hz)
The bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another
Refraction
Waves bouncing off of a surface
Reflection
What waves travel in the same direction as amplitude.
Longitudinal waves
The rate at which a repeating event occurs is called?
frequency
What is the maximum displacement of a wave from its position of rest is its?
amplitude
Which type of wave contains compressions and rarefactions?
Longitudinal
What is a medium
-It is the material through which a wave travels.
What are 3 types of mediums a mechanical wave can travel through?
-Solids, liquids, and gasses
Wavelength
-The distance from two corresponding (or the same) parts of a wave.
Frequency
-How many waves can pass a given point per second, measured in Hertz (Hz)
Refraction
The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another
Diffraction
The wave changes direction because it bends around an object
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