Unit 3 Vocabulary

The height of a wave's crest.

• aptitude

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

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The ability to do work or cause change.

• energy

• frequency

• wave

• wavelength

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If something does not let light through it is _______.

• opaque

• translucent

• black

• white

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How high or low a sound is, dependent on frequency.

• volume

• pitch

• vibration

• wavelength

To bend or bounce back light.

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• longetudinal

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A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume.

• Solid

• Pickle juice

• Liquid

• Gas

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What is a longitudinal wave that is caused by vibrations and that travels through a material medium?

• Sound wave

• Wavelength

• Ultraviolet wave

• dense wave

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Permitting light to pass through, but not clear.

• translucent

• transparent

• opaque

• reflection

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Horizontal distance between the crests or between the troughs of a wave is called the __________________.

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Transverse

How many wave peaks pass a certain point per given time.

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Attitude

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