Waves
Vocabulary
Properties of waves
More waves
Miscellaneous
100
This type of wave needs a medium
What is a mechanical wave or compression wave?
100
This is one complete back and forth motion of an object.
What is vibration?
100
This is the speed at which a wave is moving.
What is wave speed or velocity?
100
This is where the particles of a longitudinal wave are crowded together.
What is compression?
100
This is the bouncing back of rays of light, sound or heat.
What is reflection?
200
Oceans have these type of waves
What is compression or mechanical waves?
200
This is any substance through which a wave can travel.
What is a medium?
200
This is the distance from crest to crest, or from trough to trough, or from node to node x 2.
What is wavelength?
200
This is where the particles of a longitudinal wave are spread apart.
What is rarefaction?
200
This is the medium that spring waves travel through.
What is metal?
300
This is any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space. It has a back and forth motion.
What is a wave?
300
This is the highest point of a wave.
What is a crest?
300
This is the number of waves produced in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency?
300
These are the two main types of waves.
What is transverse and longitudinal (compression)?
300
This is the medium that sound travels through.
What is air?
400
This is a wave where the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave.
What is longitudinal wave?
400
This is the lowest point of a wave.
What is a trough?
400
This is the maximum distance the particles of a wave vibrate from resting position (height of the wave).
What is amplitude?
400
Sound waves are examples of what type of wave?
What is mechanical or longitudinal?
400
This has more energy.
What are high amplitude waves?
500
This is a wave where the movement is perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
What is a transverse wave?
500
This is where the wave bounces back.
What is reflection?
500
If you increase the wavelength, what happens to the frequency?
What is decreases?
500
We see these waves in earthquakes?
What are transverse and longitudinal waves? or What are P & S waves?
500
This is the word we use to measure frequency.
What is hertz?