Types of Waves
The three types of waves we learned about are what?
Transverse, longitudinal, surface
The height of a crest or depth of a trough is what?
Amplitude
All waves carry _______ from one place to another.
Energy
A disturbance that carries energy from place to place
Wave
What is lowest part of a transverse wave?
Trough
This wave is an S-Shape
Transverse Wave
How is wave speed calculated?
Multiply the wavelength by the frequency.
True or False - Objects do not need to be in contact with each other in order for energy to be transferred.
False
A wave in which the particles move along a path that is parallel to the direction that the wave travels. -
Longitudinal Waves
What kind of wave is a sound wave?
Longitudinal
A transverse wave has particles that move in a pattern _______ to the direction that the wave travels
Perpendicular
The distance between two troughs is what?
Wavelength
The amount of energy that is transferred by a wave in an amount of time is proportional to the wave’s ________.
Frequency
Waves in which matter moves back and forth in repeating patterns.
Mechanical Waves
Which has a higher pitch, a wave with a frequency of 300 hertz or 1200 hertz?
1200 hertz
For a wave you see in the ocean, what is the medium of the wave?
The water
What is the wavelength of a longitudinal wave?
From compression to compression or rarefaction to rarefaction
The more energy a wave has, the bigger the ______ of the wave.
Amplitude
The number of wave cycles that pass a certain point in a given period of time.
Frequency
The matter that a mechanical wave travels through is called the wave’s what?
medium
What travels faster sound or light and why?
Light because it doesn't need a medium to transfer the energy.
What unit is frequency measured in?
Hertz
What direction does energy in a wave travel?
Same direction as the wave travels
Low pressure are where the particles of the wave are spread apart.
What is rarefaction
seismograph