Wave Vocabulary

What type of wave is this?

• Compression

• Transverse

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What type of wave is this?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The distance between two waves is the____________.

• wavelength

• amplitude

• crest

• rarefaction

This type of wave can travel through a vacuum and a medium.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The top of a transverse wave is called the ____________.

• crest

• trough

• rarefaction

• compression

The height (displacement) of the wave is the ______________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Sound waves can only move through a __________.