Parts of a Wave
Wave Interactions
Wave Energy
Vocabulary
100
Point C is an example of this...
What is a Crest.
100
When sound waves are absorbed by an object/environment the noise gets...
What is quieter.
100
Increasing the amplitude of a wave will have this effect for sound and this effect for light.
What is louder.
What is brighter.
100
A disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another.
What is a wave.
200
Point A is an example of this...
What is a Trough.
200
When sound waves are reflected by an object/environment the noise gets...
What is louder.
200
A wave with a frequency of 5 waves per second would have this amount of energy...
What is 500 energy units.
200
The substance that transfers energy or light from one substance to another or one material to another.
What is a medium.
300
Point B is an example of this...
What is Amplitude.
300
When sound waves are transmitted by an object/environment the noise gets...
What is unchanged.
300
A wave with an amplitude of 5 meters would have this amount of energy...
What is 2500 energy units.
300
The item an energy wave is moving away from is best known as...
What is a source.
400
Point D is an example of this...
What is a Wavelength.
400
Classroom lights are white but objects have color for this reason.
What is objects reflect one color and absorb all others.
400
Changing the frequency of a wave will have this effect for sound and this effect for light.
What is a higher/lower pitch.
What is changing color.
400
The object an energy wave is moving towards, like an eye or an ear, is known as this...
What is a receiver.
500
The number of waves in a given amount of time is also known as this...
What is Frequency.
500
Looking through a blue filter, a red cup will look this color for this reason.
What is black because only red light is coming toward the filter.
500
A powerful wave would have these three characteristics...
What is high amplitude, short wavelength, and high frequency.
500
A transverse wave moves this way and a compression wave moves this way...
What is up and down.
What is side to side.