Waves Vocabulary

a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• matter

• wave

• crest

• trough

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waves that can travel through empty space

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

• electromagnetic waves

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waves that only travel through a medium

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

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waves in which particles of the medium move up and down (perpendicular)

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

highest point of a wave

• crest

• trough

• compression

• rarefaction

• rest point

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

lowest point of a wave

• crest

• trough

• compression

• rarefactions

• rest position

where the medium shows no disturbance

• rest position

• compression

• rarefaction

• trough

• crest

vertical distance between the crest or trough and resting point

• amplitude

• wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

distance from crest to crest or trough to trough, length of one cycle of a wave

• amplitude

• wavelength

waves in which the particles move back and forth (parallel)

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves