Characteristics of Waves
The highest Point on a wave
What is the crest?
Which wave has the least amount of energy
What are radio waves?
Waves that require a medium
What are mechanical waves?
A measure of the rate of change in distance over time
What is speed?
Two common factors that determine an object Kinetic energy?
What are speed and mass?
The distance between any two consecutive crest or trough on a wave
What is the wavelength?
The wave with the highest amount of energy
What is gamma rays?
Waves that can travel through a vacuum
What are Electromagnetic waves?
Measurement of speed and direction of an object
what is velocity?
What are the two common factors that determine an object Potential energy
Height and mass
The number of cycles or vibrations per unit of time
What is frequency?
Waves with long wavelengths, low amplitudes, have
What is low energy?
A common characteristics of all waves
What is they both transfer energy?
A change of an object's speed or direction
What is acceleration?
A car that rolls down the hill loses ______and gains______.
What is potential energy and kinetic energy?
The distance between the resting position to the crest or resting position to the trough
What is amplitude?
Waves with short wavelengths, high amplitudes, have
What is high energy?
______are waves that move in a perpendicular motion or up and down motion
what are transverse waves?
A tendency of an object to resist change in motion based on its mass
What is inertia?
A basketball that is shot in the air loses________and gains ________
What is kinetic and potential energy?
The region on a longitudinal wave where particles are close together is called__________.The region on a longitudinal wave where particles are far apart is called _______________.
What are compressions and rarefaction?
The waves on an Electromagnetic Spectrum are arranged according to their __________and________.
What are wavelengths and frequency?
_______are waves that move in a parallel motion or back and forth motion.
What are longitudinal waves?
_________is a change in an object's motion. ____________is no change in an object's motion.
What are unbalanced and balanced forces?
Ball A with a mass of 15 g is rolling at a speed of 5m/s. Ball B with a mass of 1 g is rolling at a speed of 25 m/s. The ball with the most KE
What is ball B?