wave 1
wave 2
wave 3
100

What is "D"? 

Trough

100

If you increase the amplitude of a sound wave, what happens? 

The sound gets louder

100

What are the low points in a transverse wave called? 

Troughs
200

The number of vibrations in a period of time is defined as the __________ of a wave. 

frequency

200

Area of longitudinal wave where the coils are close together. 

Compression

200

What is this distance? 

wavelength

300

Sound cannot travel through a vacuum and needs a medium to travel through. True or False? 

True

300

Occurs when light rays bounce off of a surface back to your eyes (ie when you look in a mirror). 

Refection

300

The matter through which wave energy travels is called a

Medium

400

Area of longitudinal wave where the coils are spread out. 

Rarefaction

400

What are the high points in a transverse wave called?

crests

400
What is frequency measured in?
Hertz
500

When light bends moving from one medium to another. 

Refraction 

500

The maximum distance the particles of the medium carrying a wave move away from their rest position

Amplitude 

500
What do waves transfer?
Energy (not matter)
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