Wave Properties

States that the force acting on a spring is directly proportional to the amount the spring is stretched.

• Hooke's Law

• Pendulum

• Wave

• Pascal's Principle

Stored energy due to an object's change in shape

• Spring constant

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Spring Force

• Hooke's Law

Any motion that repeats in a regular cycle

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Periodic Motion

• Period

The amount of time required for an object to repeat one complete cycle motion.

• Period

• Time interval

• Frequency

• Cycle

The maximum distance an object moves from the equilibrium position

• Amplitude

• Displacement

• Crest

• Trough

The number of complete oscillations a point on a wave makes each second; measured in hertz.

• Wavelength

• Time Interval

• Period

• Frequency

A motion that occurs when the restoring force on an object is directly proportional to the object's displacement from the equilibrium position.

• Wavelength

• Simple Harmonic Motion

• Equilibrium

• Torque

A disturbance that carries energy through matter or space; transfer energy without transferring matter.

• Wave

• Wavelength

• Longitudinal wave

• Transverse wave

A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction (parallel) as that in which the wave is traveling; sound waves

• Wavelength

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Surface wave

A wave in which the vibration is in the perpendicular direction as that in which the wave is traveling; electromagnetic waves

• Wavelength

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Surface wave