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
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
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 and what is the unit. (*Need both answers for full points) Hint: On a transverse wave it is crest to crest or trough to trough. On a longitudinal wave it is compression to compression or rarefaction to rarefaction.
What is wavelength and meters?
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 pitch of the sound is determined by _________
What is frequency?
300
The time it takes a complete cycle or wave to occur
What is the period?
300
The bending of waves as they move around a barrier or pass through an opening.
What is diffraction?
300
Waves carry ______ and are caused by ______
What is energy and vibrations?
400
What type of wave moves both parallel and perpendicular?
What is a surface wave?
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
What is the Doppler effect?
What is an observed change in frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving?
500
A sound wave is a ___________ wave
What is a longitudinal wave?
500
A point of maximum vibration on a standing wave.
What is an antinode?
500
The string of a guitar that produces the note of middle C vibrates with a frequency of 262 Hz. If the sound waves produced by the string have a wavelength in air of 1.3 m, what is the speed of the sound wave?
341 m/s
500
Which are examples of electromagnetic waves? A. waves on a pond and light waves B. light and radio waves C. seismic and light waves
What is B - light and radio waves?
500
The differences in color in visible light, such as the colors in a rainbow, is caused by differences in __________
What is frequency?
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