Name that Wave
This wave requires a medium through which to travel.
What is a mechanical wave?
This is the highest part of a transverse wave.
What is a crest?
The maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through the medium.
What is amplitude?
The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.
What is reflection?
The material through which a wave travels.
What is a medium?
A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a transverse wave?
The lowest part of a transverse wave.
What is a trough?
What is vibrate?
The bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle.
What is refraction?
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.
What is a wave?
A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal wave?
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
What is a compression?
The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency?
The bending of waves as they move around a barrier or pass through an opening.
What is diffraction?
The rule that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.
What is the law of reflection?
Light is this kind of a wave (hint: it is NOT a mechanical wave)
What is an electromagnetic wave?
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.
What is a rarefaction?
Unit of measurement for frequency.
What is a hertz (Hz)?
The interaction between waves that meet.
What is interference?
As the frequency of a wave moving at the same speed begins to increase, this decreases.
What is the wavelength?
A wave that is a combination of a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave and travels between 2 mediums.
What is a surface wave?
The distance between 2 identical parts of a wave, such as between 2 crests.
What is wavelength?
The frequency of 300 waves that pass a point in one minute?
What is 5 Hz?
Waves combine to make a zero-amplitude wave occur during this process.
What is deconstructive interference?
This is why you see lightening before hearing thunder.
What is light waves travel faster than sound waves?