8 - Mechanical Waves Vocab 1

Front

What is a wave in which the matter moves in a pattern parallel to the direction that the wave travels?

Back

Longitudinal wave

Front

What is a wave in which particles of matter move back and forth?

Back

Mechanical wave

Front

What is a wave made of a single disturbance that does not repeat?

Back

Wave pulse

Front

What is a disturbance that carries energy, but not matter, from one place to another?

Back

Wave

Front

What is the matter that a mechanical wave travels through?

Back

Medium

Front

What type of wave has particles that move perpendicular to the direction of wave travel?

Back

Transverse wave

Front

What is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs in a wave?

Back

Wavelength

Front

What is the speed at which a wave travels through a medium?

Back

Wave speed

Front

What is the maximum displacement of points on a wave from their rest position?

Back

Amplitude

Front

What type of wave travels through solids, liquids, and gases?

Back

Mechanical wave