Waves properties

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place. The movement of energy through a body of water

• Wave

• Vacuum

• Medium

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A space that is completely empty of solids, liquids, gasses or other matter

• Vacuum

• Waves

• Medium

A wave that moves the medium at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels.

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

• Electromagnetic waves

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

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Mechanical Wave

The height of transverse wave from the center to a crest or trough.

• Amplitude

• Medium

• Wave

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The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as distance between two crests.

• Wavelength

• Medium

• Vacuum

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The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.

• Frequency

• Amplitud

• Wave

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A wave that requires a medium through which to travel.

• Mechanical wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Electromagnetic wave

The material through which a wave travels.

• Medium

• Vacuum

• Wave

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The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves.

• Electromagnetic radiation

• Longitudinal wave

• Mechanical wave

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