Waves Vocabulary

The part of a longitudinal wave where particles are spread apart

• wavelength

• Compression

• rarefaction

• crest

A wave in which particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels, or parallel to the wave.

• surface wave

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• electromagnetic wave

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The material through which a wave travels

• medium

• wave

• hertz

• amplitude

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A unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second

• Wave speed

• wave period

• amplitude

• Hertz

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The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

• wave period

• wavelength

• rarefaction

• amplitude

A kind of wave formed when a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave combine

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• surface wave

• mechanical wave

The speed at which a wave travels which depends on the properties of the medium

• wavelength

• compression

• wave height

• wave speed

The number wave cycles that occur in a given amount of time

• amplitude

• frequency

• wave cycle

• wave speed

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

• compression

• rarefaction

• wave

• frequency

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The part of a longitudinal wave where particles are crowded together

• medium

• compression

• rarefaction

• crest