Topic 8 Vocabulary-IM

a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• wave

• pixel

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a wave that requires a medium through which to travel

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

a wave that moves the medium at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels;

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

a wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

the maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest position as a longitudinal wave passes through a medium

• amplitude

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as the distance between two crests

• wavelength

• frequency

the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time

• frequency

• amplitude

a signal that allows for a record of numerical values of an action at a set of continuous time intervals

• analog signal

• digital signal

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-3

a signal that allows for a record of numerical values of an action at a set of continuous time intervals

• digital signal

• analog signal

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-3