Compression and Transverse Waves

The bouncing back of waves off an object

• Crest

• Transverse

• Reflection

• Wavelength

The height of the peaks above the resting line in a wave illustrated at point B in the image

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Node

• Wave

The low point of a wave

• Crest

• Node

• Trough

• Wave

the high point of a wave

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Node

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A rate of something that repeats over and over.

• Pulse

• Wave

• Velocity

• Frequency

A back-and-forth pattern of motion that transfers energy

• Wave

• Pulse

• Reflection

• Frequency

A wave in which the movement of the wave’s medium is perpendicular to the movement of the wave traveling through the medium

• Transverse waves

• Compression waves

• Nodular Waves

• Ocean Waves

Speed in a given direction

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Velocity

• Waves per second

A wave in which the wave’s medium is compressed in the same direction as the movement of the wave

• Transversal wave

• Transverse wave

• Frequency wave

• compression wave

Energy of movement

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Sound energy

• spring energy