Vocabulary | Vocabulary #2 | Vocabulary #3 | Vocabulary #4/Math problems | Examples of waves |
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Crest
What is the highest point of the wave
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Transverse Waves
A wave in which the particles travel in an up and down motion
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Medium
The matter through which a wave travels
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Reflection
When wave bounce off a surface
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x-ray
electromagnetic wave
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Trough
What is the lowest point of the wave
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Compressional Waves
Waves in which the particles vibrate back and forth
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Wave speed
Depends on the medium in which the wave is traveling. Varies in solids, liquids, and gases
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36
If the amplitude is equal to 6 units and the constant is 1, what is energy?
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water
transverse wave
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Wavelength
What is the distance between one point on a wave and the exact same place on the next wave
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Compression
Where the particles are close together
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Hertz
Units of frequency, equal to one cycle per second
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500
If a wave has a wavelength of 5m and a frequency of 100 Hz, what is its speed?
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Sound
compression wave made by a guitar
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Frequency
how many wave go past in one second
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Rarefraction
Where the particles are spread apart
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Electromagnetic Waves
Wave DO NOT need a medium to be able to move
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Refraction
The change in direction of a wave when it changes speed as it travels from one medium to another
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Jump rope
mechanical wave
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Amplitude
Height of a wave
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Diffraction
The bending of waves around an object
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Mechanical waves
Wave MUST have a medium in order to move
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512
If the amplitude is equal to 8 units and the constant is 8, what is energy?
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Equilibrium
the line that runs through the wave
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