Waves Part 1 Vocab

A disturbance that carries energy but not matter.

• A wave

• A medium

• A crest

• A compression

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A wave that can only travel through matter

• An electromagnetic wave

• A transverse wave

• A medium wave

• A mechanical wave

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A wave that can travel through the vacuum of space and (some) matter.

• An electromagnetic wave

• A transverse wave

• A medium wave

• A mechanical wave

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What is a medium?

• The top of bottom of a transverse wave

• The size of a wave

• The matter (material) a wave can travel through

• The part of the wave where the particles are closest together

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A wave in which the disturbance is at right angles to the direction the wave travels

• A longitudinal wave

• A transverse wave

• An electromagnetic wave

• A mechanical wave

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A wave that makes the particles move back and forward on the same path as the energy

• A longitudinal wave

• A transverse wave

• An electromagnetic wave

• A medium wave

What is a compression?

• the highest point on a transverse wave

• The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the farthest apart

• The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the closest together

• the lowest point on a transverse wave

What is a trough?

• the highest point on a transverse wave

• The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the farthest apart

• The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the closest together

• the lowest point on a transverse wave

What is a crest?

• the highest point on a transverse wave

• The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the farthest apart

• The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the closest together

• the lowest point on a transverse wave

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What is a rarefaction?

• the highest point on a transverse wave

• The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the farthest apart

• The part(s) of a longitudinal wave where the particles are the closest together

• the lowest point on a transverse wave