Impulse/Momentum
Thermodynamics
Wave Vocabulary
Wave Calculations
Wave Behaviors
100

A collision that conserves both momentum and kinetic energy

What is an elastic collision? 

100

The transfer of heat through touch 

What is conduction? 

100

The highest and the lowest point of a wave

What are the crest and trough? 

100

A wave with a frequency of 2 Hz and a wavelength of 2 m has a velocity of 

What is 4 m/s? 

100

Waves change direction due to bouncing off a barrier

What is reflection? 

200

A collision that only conserves the momentum and not the kinetic energy

What is an Inelastic collision? 

200

Hot air rises over a fire to warm your hands

What is convection?

200

Is the measurement from the line of equilibrium to the the highest or the lowest point of a wave

What is amplitude? 

200

A wave travels 20 meters in 2 seconds and the velocity of the wave is

What is 10 m/s? 
200

Waves bend as they transition through different mediums

What is refraction? 

300

A force of 4 N is applied for 0.5 seconds to change an objects momentum. The impulse is 

What is 2 Newton seconds? 
300

The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves

What is radiation? 

300
The oscillations of the wave a perpendicular to that of the direction of the wave energy 

What is a transverse wave? 

300

A wave with a frequency of 40 Hz and a velocity of 20m/s has a wavelength of

What is 0.5 meters? 
300

Waves spread as they pass through openings or through corners

What is diffraction? 

400

A force of 30 newtons is applied to an object for 4 seconds so the change in momentum is 

What is 120 Newton seconds? 

400
The amount of disorder in the particles

What is entropy? 

400

The oscillations of the wave are parallel to that of the direction of the wave energy

What is a longitudinal wave? 

400

The velocity of a wave is 20 m/s and it traveled for 2 seconds, the total distance it traveled is 

What is 40 meters? 
400

An ambulance siren sounds louder as it gets closer to you.

What is the doppler effect? 

500

A book falls to the ground and loses kinetic energy so the collision was 

What is an inelastic collision? 

500

You place your sprained ankle in ice water, the water gains it while your ankle loses it 

What is thermal energy? 

500

Light waves are capable of traveling through a vacuum

What is an electromagnetic wave? 

500

The echo of a sound wave traveling 340 m/s is heard 0.5 seconds after, so the distance of the wall is

What is 85 meters?
500

The water in a glass begins to vibrate while you have a loud speaker on full blast. 

What is resonance? 

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