Waves Properties

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• wave

• medium

• vibration

• radiation

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The matter through which the wave travels through.

• vibration

• disturbance

• medium

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A medium can be any

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• all of the above

A special type of wave that comes from the sun and can travel through the vacuum of space. Example: Ultraviolet light

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

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A type of wave that must move through some type of matter (medium)

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

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A type of mechanical wave that travels at right angles (perpendicular) from the energy source

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

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A type of mechanical wave that travels in the same direction as the energy source (parallel)

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

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sound waves are

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

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Which type of wave is pictured?

• transverse

• longitudinal

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Which type of wave is pictured?

• transverse

• longitudinal

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