Name that Wave
What part is that?
Hands off my property
waves interacting
this and that
100
It can't fix a car, but this does requires a medium through which to travel.
What is a mechanical wave?
100
This is the highest part of a transverse wave, not toothpaste.
What is a crest?
100

Light travels (faster, slower, the same speed) as sound.

What is faster?

100
The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.
What is reflection?
100

The material (not too big, and not too small) through which a wave travels.

What is a medium?

200
A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a transverse wave?
200
The lowest part of a transverse wave.
What is a trough?
200
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is wavelength?
200
The bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle.
What is refraction?
200

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

What is a wave?

300
A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal wave?
300
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
What is a compression?
300
The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency?
300
The bending of waves as they move around a barrier or pass through an opening.
What is diffraction?
300

Light or sound is an electromagnetic wave.

What is light?

400

The main difference between electromagnetic and mechanical waves?

What is Mechanical waves require a medium to travel through and electromagnetic waves don’t?

400
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.
What is a rarefaction?
400

Unit of measurement for frequency.

What is a hertz (Hz)?

400

The interaction between waves that meet.

What is interference?

400

A huge surface wave on the ocean caused by an underwater earthquake.

What is a tsunami?

500

A longitudinal seismic wave.

What is a P wave?

500

The distance from the resting (middle position) to the highest point of the crest/trough.

What is an amplitude?

500

The wave length with the highest frequency is.......

What is wave A?

500

Sound bouncing off of a cave wall is an example of what interaction?

What is reflection?

500

These are transverse seismic wave.

What are S waves?

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