Vocabulary
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another is called _____________.
Wave
The highest part of a wave is called _________.
The Crest
A wave in which matter in the medium moves back and forth along the same direction that the wave travels.
Longitudinal Wave
The material in which waves travels through is called ________.
Medium
The lowest part of a wave is called _________.
The Trough
A wave in which the particles in the medium move in an up and down motion
Transverse Wave
The _________ determines how long a wave is.
Wavelength
A measure of the size of the disturbance from a wave.
The Amplitude.
Waves that can travel only through matter, such as sound waves.
Mechanical Waves
___________ is the time required for one cycle.
Period
What are the two main ways waves can be measured?
From Crest to Crest
From Trough to Trough
Waves that requires no medium is called _______.
Electromagnetic Waves
Definition of Frequency
the number of waves that pass by a point each second
The more dense region of a longitudinal wave.
Compression
True or False:
Sound waves are transverse waves.
False.
They are longitudinal waves.