Science MAAP Vocab

can travel through empty space and through matter

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

• transverse wave

• frequency

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

• crest

• trough

• compression

• amplitude

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

• amplitude

• energy

• rarefaction

• medium

passage of light through an object

• constructive

• diffraction

• reflection

• transmission

passage of light through an object

• constructive

• diffraction

• reflection

• transmission

rapid back and forth motion that can occur in solids, liquids, or gases

• vibration

• rarefaction

• compression

• intensity

combination of overlapping waves, resulting in a new wave

• pitch

• interference

• resonance

• medium

system that uses the reflection of sound waves to find underwater objects

• echo

• acoustics

• echolation

• sonar

describes a cell that has pairs of chromosomes

• haploid

• diploid

• fertilization

• zygote

process in which one diploid cell divides to make haploid sex cells

• DNA

• sexual reproduction

• meiosis

• homologous chromosomes