A disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space
What is the definition of a wave?
100
1/T or 1/Period
What is the equation for frequency?
100
The bouncing back of a wave is as it meets a surface or boundary
What is reflection
100
fastest speed that anything can go
What is the speed of light
100
Crest
What is the highest point of a transverse wave?
200
Seismic waves
What kind of waves do earthquakes create?
200
determines the energy of the wave
What is frequency?
200
a wave that causes the particles of the medium to vibrate perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels
What is Transverse waves
200
The bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another
What is refraction?
200
the speed at which a wave passes through a medium
What is the definition of wave speed?
300
Light waves, Radio waves, X-rays
What are examples of electromagnetic waves?
300
The distance between any two successive identical parts of a wave
What is wave length
300
the lowest point of a transverse wave
What is trough
300
The combination of two or more waves that exist in the same place at the same time
What is interference
300
The bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an opening.
What is diffraction?
400
The matter through which a wave travels
What is the definition of a medium?
400
The time required for one full wavelength to pass a certain point
What is Period
400
the greatest distance that particles in a medium move from their normal position when a wave passes
What is amplitude
400
a wave caused by a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields and that does not require a medium; also called a light wave
What is electromagnetic wave
400
Interference in which waves combine so that the resulting wave is bigger than the original waves
What is constructive interference?
500
Longitudinal Wave
What is a wave that causes the particles of the medium to vibrate parallel to the direction the wave travels?
500
A wave that requires a medium through which to travel
What is Mechanical wave
500
an pbserved change in the frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving
What is Doppler effect
500
a wave form caused by interference that appears not to move along the medium and that shows some regions of no vibrations and other regions of maximum vibration
What is standing wave
500
Interference in which waves combine so that the resulting wave is smaller than the largest of the original waves.