5.1 Vocabulary MC

When a medium is exited at its natural frequency

• constructive interference

• resonance

• amplitude

• pulse

When two pulses or waves superimpose to create a larger amplitude

• destructive interference

• medium

• constructive interference

• pulse

Height, or energy of a wave or pulse

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

• medium

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When two pulses or waves superimpose to create a smaller amplitude

• destructive interference

• medium

• constructive interference

• pulse

Length of a wave

• wavelength

• frequency

• amplitude

• period

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number of oscillations per second

• wavelength

• period

• amplitude

• frequency

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time for one oscillation

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• period

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combination of two waves moving in opposite directions, resulting in a wave that looks stationary

• standing wave

• constructive interference

• destructive interference

• resonance

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A wave where the particles move perpendicular to the wave velocity

• resonance

• standing wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

A wave where the particles move parallel to the wave velocity

• standing wave

• resonance

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave