Name that Wave
What part is that?
Hands off my property
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
The maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through the medium.
What is amplitude?
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

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

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

What is a tsunami?

400
Unit of measurement for frequency.
What is a hertz (Hz)?
400

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.

What is a rarefaction?

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