11/15- Waves Vocabulary Part 1

Waves

• a disturbance that moves energy from one place to another

  
  

• the highest peak of a transverse wave

  
  

• the lowest point between each crest of a transverse wave

  
  

• a space devoid of matter

  
  

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CREST

• a disturbance that moves energy from one place to another

  
  

• the highest peak of a transverse wave

  
  

• the lowest point between each crest of a transverse wave

  
  

• a space devoid of matter

  
  

trough

• a disturbance that moves energy from one place to another

  
  

• a substance or material that carries a wave
  

• the lowest point between each crest of a transverse wave

  
  

• waves that require a medium to travel through

  
  

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What is the term for the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave?

• Velocity

  
  

• Frequency

  
  

• Amplitude

  
  

• Wavelength

  
  

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Which type of wave requires a medium to travel through?

• Electromagnetic wave

  
  

• Mechanical wave

  
  

• Sound wave

  
  

• Gravitational wave

  
  

What is the term for the number of waves that pass a point in one second?

• Wavelength

  
  

• Frequency

  
  

• Period

  
  

• Amplitude

  
  

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Mechanical Waves

• vibration generated by an earthquake

  
  

• waves in which particles vibrate back and forth along the path that the wave travels; particles in the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave

  
  

• waves that require a medium to travel through

  
  

• waves in which particles vibrate in an up and down motion (moving across); particles in the medium move parallel to the direction

  
  

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Seismic Waves

• vibration generated by an earthquake

  
  

• waves in which particles vibrate back and forth along the path that the wave travels; particles in the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave

  
  

• waves that require a medium to travel through

  
  

• waves in which particles vibrate in an up and down motion (moving across); particles in the medium move parallel to the direction

  
  

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Longitudinal Waves

• vibration generated by an earthquake

  
  

• Travel across a surface instead of through it. (a combination of longitudinal and transverse waves)

• waves that require a medium to travel through

  
  

• waves in which particles vibrate in an up and down motion (moving across); particles in the medium move parallel to the direction

  
  

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Compression

• a measure of the distance between corresponding points in a wave

  
  

• a section of a longitudinal wave where particles are crowded together

• a section of a longitudinal wave where particles are less crowded than normal

  
  

• waves in which particles vibrate in an up and down motion (moving across); particles in the medium move parallel to the direction

  
  

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