Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation Vocabulary

A disturbance that carries energy from place to place

• wave

• photon

• vibration

• medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A material that transfers energy or light from one location to another.

• wave

• medium

• vacuum

• photon

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A repeated back-and-forth motion that occurs at regular intervals.

• vibration

• medium

• wave

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A vibration in matter that transfers energy through a material.

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

• photon

• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Motion in which matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels

• transverse waves

• compressional waves

• frequency

• diffraction

• Matter in the medium moves back and forth along the same direction that the wave travels.

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• refraction

• amplitude

The distance from the crest or trough of the wave to the rest position of the medium.

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

• vibration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The highest point of a wave, essentially the peak of the wave's oscillation.

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The lowest point of a wave.

• trough

• crest

• amplitude

• frequency

The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given unit of time.

• frequency

• wavelength

• amplitude

• vibration