Waves Review

waves that use matter to transmit energy

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

• matter wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

type of mechanical wave in which wave energy causes the matter in the medium to move up and down or back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travels

• compressional wave

• right wave

• transverse waves

type of mechanical wave in which the matter in the medium moves forward and backward along the direction the wave travels

• compressional

• transverse

• forward wave

waves that can travel through matter or space; includes radio waves, infrared waves, visible light waves, ultraviolet waves, X rays, and gamma rays

• mechanical waves

• compressional waves

• electromagnetic waves

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

on a transverse wave, distance from rest to crest or rest to trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

for a transverse wave, the distance between the tops of two adjacent crests or the bottoms of two adjacent troughs

• amplitude

• wavelength

• wave range

for a compressional wave, the distance from the centers of adjacent rarefactions or adjacent compressions

• amplitude

• wavelength

• wave range

number of wavelengths that pass a given point in a second; measured in hertz (Hz)

• amplitude

• wave range

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

occurs when a wave strikes an object or surface and bounces off

• reflection

• refraction

• diffraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

bending of a wave as it passes through one medium into another medium

• reflection

• refraction

• diffraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2