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, 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 (spelling counts!)
What is a trough?
200
The distance between 2 corresponding parts of a wave
What is wavelength?
200
The pattern or interaction between waves that meet?
What is interference?
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
When 2 waves come together and produce a wave with double the amplitude
What is constructive interference?
300
When an object travels faster than the waves of the medium it is in
What is supersonic?
400
Waves that include light and radio waves
What is an electromagnetic 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
When 2 waves come together and produce a wave with no amplitude
What is destructive interference?
400
Sound with 2 parts created when the sound barrier is broken
What is a sonic boom?
500
Type of wave that excites electrons and can cause metals to catch fire
What is a microwave?
500
Describes a wave that has a low frequency and a large wavelength
What is a long period?
500
The frequency of 300 waves that pass a point in 1 minute
What is 5 Hz?
500
Apparent color of an object moving away from us in outer space.
What is a red shift?
500
Change in frequency of a wave, long wavelengths create the low frequency, short wavelength create the high frequency
What is the doppler effect?
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