Mechanical
Definitions
Properties of waves
Parts
Odds & Ends
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How are wave classified?
By how they travel through their medium
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The material through which a wave travels
medium
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The unit of measure for frequency
Hertz
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The highes point of a transverse wave
crest
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Wavelength x frequency =
speed
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This type of wave travels parallel to the medium
Longitudinal
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A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called a...
wave
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The maximum distance that the particles in a medium move from rest position is the wave's
amplitude
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The lowest part of a transverse wave
trough
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Waves traveling through different media travel at...
different speeds
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This type of wave travels at a right angle to the medium
Transverse
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More than one medium
media
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The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as two crests, is the wave's...
wavelength
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The part of the longitudinal wave that the coils are close together.
compression
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This is a direct measure of a wave's energy
amplitude
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This type of wave travels both up-and-down and back-and-forth
Surface or Combination wave
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The place where a medium is when it is undisturbed
rest position
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The speed of the wave is its wavelength times its
frequency
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The part of the longitudinal wave where the coils are spread out
rarefaction
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Why do you not hear thunder and lightning at the same time?
Light waves travel faster than sound waves.
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Waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to...
Vibrate
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A repeated up-and-down or back-and-forth motion.
Vibration
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The number of times waves pass a given point
frequency
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A crest on transverse wave corresponds to this part of a longitudinal wave
compression
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Surface waves move individual particles in this direction
circles
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