Wave Vocabulary
Key Concepts
Potential energy types
Factors that affect energy
Formula & Calculations
100
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another
What is a Wave
100
The number of waves passing a fixed point in a certain amount of time is called
What is Frequency
100

A bow and arrow that is pulled back and ready to be released.

What is elastic potential energy

100

Name two factors that affect kinetic energy

What is mass and speed

100

An object at the top of a hill has 100J of potential energy. How much total energy does the object have in the middle of the hill?

What is 100J

200
The lowest point or valley of a wave
What is a Trough
200
The distance from crest to crest is called
What is Wave Length
200

A wrecking ball set to swing and destroy a building

What is gravitational potential energy

200

Name three factors that affect gravitational potential energy

What are mass, gravity and height.

200

A ball has 50J of kinetic energy and 50J of potential energy. If the ball started at 10m how, how high is the ball now?

What is 5m

300
The highest point or peak of a wave
What is the Crest
300

Sound waves do this as they move from a less dense material to a more dense material.

What is speed up

300

The craisins in your lunch have this type of energy

What is chemical potential

300

If you double the mass of the object, you will do what to the amount of energy that it has.

What is double

300

If I throw a 1kg ball straight up into the air with 100J of kinetic energy, how high will the ball go?

What is 10m

400
The bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at an angle other than 90 degrees
What is Refraction
400

Light waves bend because they do what as they move from less dense material to more dense material

What is slow down

400

The trampoline when it is fully stretched and ready to launch you into the air.

What is elastic potential

400

If you triple the speed of an object you do what to the energy.

What is NINE times more energy

400
Wave length is measure in what unit
What is meters or m
500
The bouncing back of a wave after it strikes a barrier
What is Reflectioin
500
This measures how far the wave rises above or dips below its original position
What is Amplitude
500

A rollercoaster at the top of the track

What is gravitational potential

500

If the height of the object decreases, the potential energy will

What is Decrease

500

How far will a ball fall in 4 seconds if gravity= 10m/s/s

What is 80m

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