Vocab Waves 1
Vocab Waves 2
Wave Vocab 3
Draw a wave with...
Others
100
The highest point of a wave
What is the crest
100
The direction of the wave moves perpendicular
What is the transverse wave
100
The highness or lowness of a sound
What is pitch
100
Transverse wave with high amplitude and short wavelength.
100
Why can't you hear sound in space?
There is no medium for it to travel
200
Any substance a wave travels through
What is medium
200
The wave travels in the same direction as it moves
What is the longitudinal wave
200
The number of waves in a certain amount of time
What is frequency
200
Longitudinal wave with low amplitude and low pitch
Check Friar's
200
Sound travels slowest through...
What is gas
300
A medium is needed to transfer the energy in this kind wave.
What is a mechanical wave
300
A wave that does not need a medium to travel?
What is electromagnetic wave
300
Radiowave, microwave, Infrared wave, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray wave, and gamma-ray make up the
What is the electromagnetic spectrum 
300
Longitudinal wave with high amplitude and low frequency
Check Friar's
300
Sound is what kind of wave?
What is longitudinal and mechanical
400
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.
What is a wave
400
Measured crest to rest
What is...
400
If you increase the frequency of a wave its wavelength
What is decrease
400
Transverse wave with low amplitude and high pitch
Check Friar's
400
If a sound or light bounces off a surface we call it...
What is reflection
500
The lowest part of the wave
What is the trough
500
Distance from crest to crest
What is wavelength
500
If the pitch of a sound decreases then the frequency __________
What is decreases
500
A bright light wave
500
What is the amplitude?
What is 6 cm