Waves 1 Vocabulary

a disturbance involving the transfer of energy from place to place

• trough

• medium

• wave

• energy

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the ability to do work

• crest

• energy

• fitness

• wave

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the material through which a wave travels is called a

• medium

• trough

• wave

• metal

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a wave that requires a medium is called

• seismic wave

• transverse wave

• surface wave

• longitudinal wave

repeated back and forth or up and down motion

• compression

• wave

• typhoon

• vibration

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a wave that vibrates the medium in the same direction in which the wave travels

• rarefaction

• longitudinal

• travsverse

• surface

an area where the coils are close together is called

• spring

• tight

• compression

• rarefaction

a wave that vibrates the medium at right angles, or perpendicular, to the direction in which the wave travels is called a

• seismic wave

• transverse wave

• surface wave

• longitudinal wave

a high point on a transverse wave is called a

• rarefaction

• compression

• trough

• crest

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a low point on a wave is called

• rafefaction

• trough

• crest

• compression