mechanical waves
vocab
misc.
vocab
mics.
100
transverse wave
What is a wave that move the medium at right angles to the directions in which the wave move?
100
wave
What is a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place?
100
-------------- waves can travel through empty space.
What is electromagnetic
100
crest
What is the highest part of a transverse wave?
100
rope what is it an example of
What is transverse wave?
200
longitudinal wave
What is a wave that moves the medium parallel to the direction in which the wave travels?
200
energy
What is defined as the ability to do work?
200
there are 2 types of mechanical waves ____________ waves and___________ waves.
What is transverse and longitudinal
200
trough
What is the lowest part of a transverse wave?
200
slinky, spring what is it an example of
What is a longitudinal wave?
300
compressions
What is the part of a longitudinal wave where the coils are close together?
300
medium
What is the material through which a wave travels is called a medium?
300
what direction does a longitudinal wave coils back
What is back-and-forth?
300
amplitude
What is the maximum distance that the particles of the medium carrying the wave move away form their rest position?
300
light wave what is it an example of
What is a electromagnetic wave?
400
rarefaction
What is the part of a longitudinal wave where the coils are spread out?
400
mechanical wave
What is a wave that requires a medium through which to travel?
400
hertz
What is the unit in which frequency measured?
400
wavelength
What is the distance between 2 corresponding parts i n a transverse wave?
400
fill in the blank ------ always is required to make a wave
What is energy?
500
frequency=speed/wavelength what is that a formula for?
What is frequency?
500
vibration
What is a repeated back-and-forth motion?
500
----- was named after Heinrich Hertz
What is Hertz?
500
frequency
What is the number of completed waves that pass a given point in a curtain amount of time?
500
fill in the blank ---------- waves are classified by how they move.
What is mechanical?
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