Waves Vocabulary

Change in direction of waves that occurs when waves travel from one medium to another

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Can be defined as the distance between two successive crests or troughs of a wave.

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Transverse Wave

When two or more waves occupy the same space, they combine to form a single new wave.

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Trough

The height of a wave from rest position

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Compression

• Amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The number of wavelengths that pass a give point

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Crest

• Trough

A wave bounces back when it meets a surface or boundary.

• Refraction

• Trough

• Crest

• Reflection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Wave in which the particle movement is parallel to the direction of the wave propagation

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Waves

• Mechanical Waves

• No Waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

When waves pass through an opening or around a corner. The Waves bend as they pass the corners.

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• No Reaction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Transfer of energy in a motion that is perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling.

• Transverse Waves

• Longitudinal Waves

• Mechanical Waves

• All Waves

The highest point of a wave.

• Trough

• Crest

• Rest Position

• Amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1