Mechanical Waves Vocabulary

the matter that a mechanical wave travels through

• model

• medium

• wave

• wave pulse

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a wave in which particles of matter move back and forth

• mechanical wave

• wave

• wave cycle

• surface wave

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a wave in which the matter moves in a pattern perpendicular to the direction that the wave travels

• wave cycle

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• surface wave

a wave in which the matter moves in a pattern parallel to the direction that the wave travels

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• surface wave

• wave

Waves that require a medium to travel are: (a)  

• mechanical waves

• transverse waves

• electromagnetic waves

• light waves

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Drag the statement to the proper place on the Venn diagram about waves.

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f

g

h

d

c

b

a

transfers energy not matter

contains visible light

frequencies travel at same speed

can travel through a vacuum

sound waves are an example

can be transverse or longitudinal

must have a medium

only travel as transverse waves

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PS.6.a

PS.6.b

PS.6.d

a wave made of a single disturbance that does not repeat

• wave pulse

• wave

• wave cycle

• transverse wave

one complete motion of the repeating pattern of a wave

• surface wave

• wave

• wave cycle

• longitudinal wave

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a wave in which the matter moves in a circular pattern that is sometimes parallel and sometimes perpendicular to the direction that the wave travels

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• surface wave

• wave cycle

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter

• frequency

• amplitude

• wave

• medium

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