Vocabulary

The maximum displacement from equilibrium 

• Period
• Frequency 
• Amplitude
• Medium

The time that it takes a complete cycle to occur 

• Cycle 
• Revolution
• Period 
• Frequency

The number of cycles or vibrations per unit of time 

• Period 
• Wavelength
• Frequency 
• Amplitude

A physical environment through which a disturbance can travel 

• Amplitude 
• Wave
• Medium 
• Crest

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel 

• Transverse wave  
• Longitudinal wave  
• Mechanical wave
• Trough 

The highest point above the equilibrium position 

• Wavelength 
• Trough  
• Crest 
• Transverse wave

A wave whose particles vibrate perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling 

• Transverse wave
• Longitudinal wave 
• Trogh
• Wavelength 

The lowest point below the equilibrium position 

• Crest
• Transverse wave
• Trough 
• Medium 

The distance between two adjacent similar points of a wave, such as form crest t vest or from trough to trough

• Mechanical wave
• Wavelength 
• Transverse wave 
• Medium

A superposition of two or more waves in which individual displacements on the same side of the equilibrium position are added together to for the resultant wave

• Constructive interference
• Constructive wave 
• Destructive interference 
• Destructive wave