Electromagnetic vs. Mechanical
What is a mechanical wave?
The type of wave that moves up and down.
What is a transverse waves?
Light waves travel in a perpendicular or _____________
What is transverse?
When waves "bounce" off of material
What is reflection?
What is the lowest part of a wave?
What is the trough?
What is an electromagnetic wave?
The length between crest to crest.
What is a wavelength?
Sound travels parallel or ________________
What is compressional?
When waves are "bent" due to the change in mediums
What is refraction?
The amount of waves that passes a point in a second.
What is frequency?
Sound, earthquakes, and tsunami are examples of these kind of waves.
What are mechanical waves?
The part of a compressional wave where the particles are spread out.
What are rarefactions?
When sound reflects it is called an ________________
What is an echo?
The two factors that determine the speed of a wave.
What are temperature and the medium?
Solid, liquids, and gases are _______________ for waves to travel through.
What is a medium?
Electromagnetic waves only travel in this manner.
What is transverse?
What is a compressional wave?
The _________________ of a sound wave effects its volume?
What is the amplitude?
____________ is when a wave must "bend" to go around an obstacle or through an opening.
What is diffraction?
Amplitude controls this wave characteristic.
What is loudness?
The medium that earthquakes travel through is called . ..
What is the earth?
The part of a wave that is from a rest position to the highest point.
What is the amplitude?
The _____________ of a sound wave controls the pitch.
What is frequency?
______________ is when a wave is absorbed completely by material.
What is absorption?
Frequency controls this wave characteristic.
What is pitch?