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Characteristics of Waves
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Interactions
100
A disturbance that carries energy through matter or space.
What is a wave?
100
Transfers Energy.
What is a Wave?
100
The top of a wave.
What is the crest?
100
The time it takes for a wave to complete a cycle.
What is a period?
100
Bouncing back of a wave.
What is a reflection?
200
The matter through which a wave travels through.
What is a medium?
200
A wave with perpendicular (up and down) motion.
What is a Transverse Wave?
200
The bottom of a wave.
What is the trough?
200
The number of cycles during a time period.
What is the frequency?
200
When several waves are in the same location, and combine to produce a single wave.
What is interference?
300
Waves that require a medium.
What is a Mechanical Wave?
300
A wave with parallel motion.
What is a Longitudinal Wave?
300
The maximum distance that particles vibrate from resting position.
What is the amplitude?
300
This wave can occur during a sporting event.
What is a transverse wave?
300
An interference that raises the amplitude.
What is constructive?
400
Waves that do not require a medium.
What is an Electromagnetic Wave?
400
Two Waves caused by vibrations.
What are Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves.
400
The distance from any point on a wave to the next identical point on the next wave.
What is the wavelength?
400
A slinky can be used to demonstrate this time of wave.
What is a Longitudinal Wave?
400
An interference that decreases the amplitude.
What is Destructive?
500
Energy spreads out while this wave is traveling.
What is a Sound Wave?
500
A wave with two mediums.
What is a Surface Wave?
500
A siren gets higher when it approaches you, then lower when it passes you.
What is the Doppler Effect?
500
This wave does not have medium, and carries a signal to our televisions.
What is a Radio Wave?
500
A mirror will show this wave interaction.
What is a Reflection?
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