Waves Vocabulary

the spreading out of waves through an opening or around the edge of an obstacle

• Reflection

• Transmission

• Diffraction

• Refraction

the bending of a wave as it enters a new medium

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Absorption

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the distance between a line through the middle of a wave and a crest or trough

• Trough

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

• medium

• wave

• wave length

• Diffraction

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waves that transfer energy through a medium

• Transverse wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Mechanical wave

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the wave travels in the same direction as the disturbance

• Mechanical wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Transverse wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space

• Wave

• Crest

• Trough

• Frequency

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Light is:

• a type of wave that carries energy from one place to another, even through empty space

• the number of peaks of a wave that pass in a second

• the distance from one peak of a wave to the next

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Spectrum is:

• a curved line that shows the characteristics of a wave

• a range of wavelengths

• a pattern that describes how energy is carried from one place to another

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Vibrations that we can hear

• Energy

• Ultraviolet rays

• Sound

• Supersonic sound

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