| Vocabulary | Vocabulary 2 | Vocabulary 3 | Vocabulary 4/math problem | Examples of waves |
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What is crest
The highest point of the wave
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What is trough
The lowest point of the wave
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What is compressional wave
Waves in which the particles vibrate back and forth
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What is hertz
Unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second
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What is water
A type of transverse wave
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What is Compression
Where the particles are close together
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What is medium
The matter through which a wave travels
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What is rarefraction
Where the particles are spread apart
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What is diffraction
The bending of waves around an object
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What is sound
A type of compressional wave made by a guitar
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What is reflection
When waves bounce off a surface
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What is transverse wave
A wave in which the particles travel in an up and down motion.
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What is wavelength
The distance between one point on a wave and the exact same place on the next wave
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What is 128
Amplitude is 8m and the constant is 2
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What is x-ray
A type of electromagnetic wave
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What is amplitude
Height of a wave
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What is refraction
The change in direction of a wave when it changes speed as it travels from one medium to another.
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What is frequency
How many waves go past a point in one second
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What is 36
Amplitude is 6m and the constant 1
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What is transverse
A type of mechanical wave
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What is electromagnetic wave
Wave DO NOT need a medium to be able to move
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What is wave speed
Depends on the medium in which the wave is traveling. Varies in solids, liquids, and gases
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What is mechanical wave
Wave MUST have a medium in order to move
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What is 512
Amplitude is 8m and the constant 8
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What is equilibrium
A line that runs through the wave
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