Name that Wave
What part is that?
Hands off my property
waves interacting
Which one
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 bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.
What is reflection?
100
has a smaller frequency: gamma or xray
What is gamma?
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
has longer wavelengths: ultraviolet or visible.
What is visible?
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
causes sound to travel fastest: solid, liquid, gas.
What is solid?
400
A wave that can travel through empty space.
What is a non-mechanical or electromagnetic wave?
400
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.
What is a rarefaction?
400
How high a noise is, determined by the wave's frequency.
What is pitch?
400
The interaction between waves when two crests meet.
What is constructive interference?
400
has the most energy: orange or blue.
What is blue?
500
This type of wave's vibrating particles create electric and magnetic fields.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
500
The position of a wave with no energy.
What is rest position?
500
The volume of a sound, determined by the wave's amplitude.
What is intensity or loudness?
500
The increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object’s natural frequency.
What is resonance?
500
is more dangerous to humans: radio or gamma.
What are gamma?
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