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? Also acceptable: sound waves or water waves.
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
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
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 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
This is the medium for a seismic wave.
What is the ground?
400
This kind of wave doesn't require a medium to pass through.
What is an electromagnetic wave? Also acceptable: light wave, radio wave, gamma, infrared, microwave, ultraviolet, or x-ray
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
A huge surface wave on the ocean caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
500
This kind of wave has compressions and rarefactions.
What is a longitudinal wave?
500
The point directly between the crest and the trough.
What is the resting point?
500
The frequency of 300 waves that pass a point in one minute? (Hertz = waves/sec)
What is 5 Hz?
500
The increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object’s natural frequency.
What is resonance?
500
This is the medium for an ocean wave.
What is water?
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