Vocabulary 12 Quiz

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• Medium

• Wave

• Reflection

• Refraction

A wave made up of a combination of a changing electric field and a changing magnetic field. /A wave that transfers electric and magnetic energy through the vacuum of space.

• Sound Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel.

• Mechanical Wave

• Medium

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Chemical Wave

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

• Longitudinal Wave

• Compression Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Standing Wave

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

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Surface Wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

The material through which a wave travels.

• Wind

• Temperature

• Medium

• Pressure

The highest part of a transverse wave.

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Trough

The lowest part of a transverse wave.

• Trough

• Crest

• Valley

• Amplitude

The distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave.

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Velocity

The vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough.

• Wave height

• Wave length

• Wave amplitude

• Wave frequency