T2W7 6th Vocabulary TEST

Front

The sum of all the forces acting on an object within a system; includes both magnitude and direction

Back

net force

Front

A push or pull between two objects

Back

force

Front

An act, process, or instance of changing position or location

Back

motion

Front

A measurement of the change in motion of an object (speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction)

Back

acceleration

Front

The amount of matter in a substance, measured in grams or kilograms.

Back

mass

Front

Distance between the same point on two successive waves; distance from crest to crest or trough to trough for two consecutive waves.

Back

wavelength

Front

The height of a wave measured from rest to the top of the crest or bottom of the trough of the wave; often used to describe volume of sound or intensity of light.

Back

amplitude

Front

The number of waves that pass a given point in a specified amount of time (usually 1 second), measured in hertz (Hz).

Back

frequency

Front

A type of wave in which the particles oscillate perpendicular to the direction in which the energy propagates.

Back

transverse wave

Front

A range of waves that are propagated by simultaneous periodic variations of electric and magnetic field intensity.

Back

electromagnetic wave