Mechanical Waves Vocabulary

distance from crest to crest or trough to trough, length of one cycle of a wave

• amplitude

• wavelength

area where particles are close together

• crest

• trough

• compression

• rarefaction

• rest position

area where particles are spread out

• crest

• trough

• compression

• rarefaction

• rest position

distance from one compression to the next

• amplitude

• wavelength

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waves in which particles of the medium move up and down (perpendicular)

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

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waves in which the particles move back and forth (parallel)

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

anything a wave can travel through

• sound

• medium

• disturbance

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What part of the transverse wave is letter B?

• wavelength

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

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a longitudinal wave that can only travel through matter

• cornea

• sound wave

• light wave

• light source

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The height of the peaks above the resting line in a wave illustrated at point B in the image

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Node

• Wave

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