Wave behaviors
a wave encounters an obstacle and is reflected back?
What is Reflection
wave with no medium?
What is Electromagnetic wave
the speed of the wave?
What is Velocity
the point on the medium that exhibits the maximum amount of positive or upward displacement from the rest position?
What is crest
What do we measure frequency in?
what is hertz
when light waves change direction as they pass from one medium to another?
What is Refraction
What is Microwaves,X-ray,Radio waves,Ultraviolet waves
the number of complete
vibrations?
What is Frequency
the point on the medium that exhibits the maximum amount of negative or downward displacement from the rest position?
What is through
measured in units of time; we will usually use
seconds?
what is period
waves bend when they pass around small obstacles and spread out when they pass through small openings?
What is Diffraction
a wave whose oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of the wave's advance?
What is Transverse Wave
the maximum displacement?
What is Amplitude
a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together?
what is compression
Back-and forth motions
What is Oscillations
when two waves meet, they can interfere constructively, creating a wave with larger amplitude than the original waves?
What is Interference
the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels and displacement of the medium is in the same direction of the wave?
What is Longitudinal Wave
the shortest distance between
two points that are “in phase”?
the change in frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source?
What is the Doppler Effect
motion repeated in equal intervals of time?
What is periodic motion
relatively large selective response of an object or a system that vibrates in step or phase, with an externally applied oscillatory force?
Gutair strings vibrating is an example of what?
What is Transverse wave
he shortest time interval during
which the motion of the wave repeats itself?
What is Period
segment of one cycle of a longitudinal wave during its travel or motion, the other segment being compression?
What is rarefraction
waves in the ocean are what type of waves?
What is traverse