Unit 2 Vocab RB

What is an increase in amplitude that occurs when an object vibrating at its natural frequency absorbs energy from another with the same energy?

• wave

• wavelength

• resonance

• frequency

What is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter?

• diffraction

• crest

• medium

• wave

What is a transverse wave that can travel through empty space and matter?

• electromagnetic wave

• wavelength

• amplitude

• motion

What is a change in direction of a wave when it travels by an edge or an opening?

• wave

• diffraction

• medium

• trough

What is a material in which a wave travels?

• frequency

• crest

• medium

• hertz

What is the highest point of a transverse wave?

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• motion

What is the lowest point on the transverse wave?

• refraction

• light

• trough

• opaque

What is the distance between two waves that are the same?

• light

• electromagnetic wave

• wave

• wavelength

What is the number of wavelengths that pass a point each second?

• trough

• medium

• wave

• frequency

What is a wave that can only travel through matter?

• wave

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

• medium