Waves
Types of Energy
Speed and Velocity
Natural Disasters/More Wave Questions
Miscellaneous
100
This is one of the two main types of waves. It can travel through empty space. Examples are light and xrays
What is an electromagnetic wave (#2)
100
This is the energy of motion
What is Kinetic? (#1)
100
This is distance over time
What is speed?
100
This is one of the two major types of waves. It must travel through a medium. Examples are an earthquake or a sound wave.
What is a mechanical wave? (#19)
100
This is the force of attraction between two objects and is why the planets orbit the sun.
What is gravity? (#16)
200
This part of the wave is its height. You measure it from the crest to the middle of the wave.
What is the amplitude?
200
This type of energy is a kind of potential energy An example is a battery or food.
What is chemical energy? (#8)
200
What is the change of velocity over time. It's speeding up or slowing down?
What is acceleration? (#20)
200
This is the distance between two crests (of a transverse wave).
What is wavelength?(#22)
200
This law states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at resst.
What is Newton's First Law? (#15)
300
This is how many waves pass in a given amount of time. It is measured in Hertz.
What is frequency? (#10)
300
This type of energy is stored energy. It is the opposite of kinetic.
What is potential energy? (#13)
300
The speed of an object plus its direction.
What is velocity? (#3)
300
This occurs when two tectonic plates rub together, creating vibrations in the earth and the earth's surface.
What is an earthquake? (#5)
300
This law states that the force of an object equals its mass times its acceleration.
What is Newton's Second Law? (#6)
400
When a wave is bent when it travels from one medium to another and the wave either speeds up or slows down.
What is refraction? (#4)
400
This is one of three types of potential energy. An example is a bow and arrow.
What is elastic potential energy? (#21)
400
The unit for acceleration
What is meters per second squared?
400
When a wave hits a barrier and bounces back.
What is reflection? (#17)
400
This is the unit we use for force
What is Newtons? (#14)
500
This is one of the two types of longitudinal waves. They have crests and troughs.
What is a longitudinal wave? (#12)
500
This is one of the three types of potential energy. An example is a rollercoaster at a top of a hill (of a rollercoaster track)
What is gravitational potential energy? (#23)
500
This is one of the two types of mechanical waves. It has a crest and a trough.
What is a transverse wave? (#18)
500
These are formed when an earthquake happens under water.
What are Tsunami? (#11)
500
This law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third law? (#9)
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