Definitions
Waves in 2 media
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This AND that
What's wrong?
100

The distance from one crest to another crest.

What is wavelength?

100

From less dense to more dense, the wavelength _____________. (decreases/ increases/ stays the same)

What is "decreases"?

100

Unit for frequency.

What is Hz or 1/s?

100

The top part of a transverse wave

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A type of toothpaste

What is crest?

100

When the period doubles, the frequency doubles.

What is halves?

200

How long it takes a wave to complete a single cycle.

What is period?

200

From more dense to less dense, the frequency ____________. (increases/ decreases/ stays the same).

What is "stays the same"?

200

Third harmonic has ______ nodes.

What is 4?

200

An ending to a sentence

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The time for one cycle to occur

What is period?

200

Amplitude is the distance from the highest point to the lowest point.

What is "highest point to the rest position OR lowest point to the rest position"?

300

A point on a standing wave that does not move.

What is a node?

300
From more dense to less dense, the wave speed ______________. (increases/ decreases/ stays the same)

What is "increases"?

300

You double the frequency while doing the slinky experiment. The velocity changes by this factor.

What is "the velocity doesn’t change at all"?

300

Measuring from East to West

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The type of wave which sound travels

What is longitudinal?

300

Water wave is a longitudinal wave.

What is "transverse wave"?

400

When two waves interfere, the resulting displacement is the combination of displacements of the individual waves at that moment.

What is principle of superposition?

400

Two slinkies are tied together. The first slinky has a wavelength of 1.0 m and speed of 2.0 m/s. What is the speed of the second slinky if it has a wavelength of 2.0 m?

What is "4.0 m/s"?

400

In a wave, __________ is the idea that objects have certain frequencies that they vibrate at most easily.

What is resonance?

400

A single vibration of a wave

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A rhythmic throbbing of the arteries

What is pulse?

400

When a wave hits a barrier, all of the wave refracts (goes through and bends).

What is "part of the wave reflects (bounces back)"?

500

Another name for the 1st harmonic.

What is fundamental frequency?

500

Two slinkies are tied together. The first slinky has a wavelength of 2.0 m and speed of 3.0 m/s. What is the wavelength of the second slinky if it has a speed of 9.0 m/s?

What is "6.0 m"?

500

Name of the bridge that collapsed in 1940.

What is Tacoma Narrows Bridge?

500

A person who speaks with the dead

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A material that a mechanical wave travels through

What is medium?

500

Different musical notes are sounds with different amplitudes.

What are "frequencies"?

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