Vocabulary Review 3-2 Waves

maximum distance particles in a medium move from their rest position as waves pass through the medium

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

• compression

the distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• rarefaction

• compression

where the displacement of the medium is at a minimum

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• rarefaction

• compression

  region of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together 

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• rarefaction

• compression

region of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• rarefaction

• compression

where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• rarefaction

• compression

change of pitch when a sound source is moving in relation to an observer 

• Sound Effect

• Doppler Effect

• elasticity

• frequency

• law of reflection

the ability of a material to bounce back after being disturbed

• Doppler Effect

• elasticity

• frequency

• law of reflection

number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second

• Doppler Effect

• elasticity

• frequency

• law of reflection

angle of incidence equals angle of reflection

• Doppler Effect

• elasticity

• law of angles

• law of reflection