Name that Wave
What part is that?
Wave Measurement
waves interacting
this and that
100

Waves move this through a medium. 

What is energy?

100

The lowest part of a transverse wave.

What is a trough?

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

The material 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 part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
What is a compression?
200
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is wavelength?
200

The science term for a wave moving energy through a medium.

What is transference?

200
This is required to start a wave. 

What is a disturbance?

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 far apart.
What is a rarefaction?
300

When more waves pass a given location more often, their _______ increases. 

What is frequency?

300

This occurs when energy of a wave is taken into a new medium that...usually by increasing the temperature.

What is absorption?

300
The rule that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.
What is the law of reflection?
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