Waves Vocabulary

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• S-wave

• P-wave

• Wave

• Wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Waves that require a medium through which to travel.

• Mechanical Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Longitudal Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A continuous signal that varies in amplitude or frequency with the information being transmitted.

• Transverse Wave

• Analogue signal

• Interference

• Longitudal Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-3

Occurs when two or more waves combine to produce a wave with a smaller displacement.

• Constructive interference

• Electromagnetic waves

• Diffraction

• Destructive interference

Unit of measurement for frequency.

• Trough

• Crest

• Medium

• Hertz

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A form of energy that can move through the vacuum of space.

• Mechanical wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave.

• Refraction

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Compression

A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.

• Mechanical wave

• Analogue signal

• Longitudal wave

• Transverse wave

Height of a wave.

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Compression

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A system of discrete states: high or low, on or off, 1 or 0.

• Analogue signal

• Longitudal wave

• Digital signal

• Compression