Properties of Waves Vocabulary

Disturbance in matter that transfers energy

• electricity

• wavelength

• wave

• translucent

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Number of waves that pass a point in one second; measured in hertz

• time

• length

• hertz

• frequency

Distance from a point on a wave to the same point on the next wave

• lightwave

• wavelength

• hertz

• frequency

The maximum distance a medium carrying the wave moves away from its resting position.

• amplitude of the wave

• wavelength of the wave

• frequency of the wave

• speed of the wave

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What type of wave is this?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

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The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.

• absorption

• reflection

• refraction

• interference

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The region in a longitudinal wave in which the particles are closest together is called...

• the rarefaction

• the wavelength

• the compression

• the amplitude

The region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart is called...

• the rarefaction

• the compression

• the amplitude

• the wavelength

The bending of a wave around a barrier

• rarefaction

• diffraction

• frequency

• amplitude

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Which of the following is the bending of a wave, which changes its speed.

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Frequency