Name that Wave
It can't fix a car, but this does requires a medium through which to travel.
What is a mechanical wave?
This is the highest part of a transverse wave, not toothpaste.
What is a crest?
The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.
What is reflection?
The material (not too big, and not too small) through which a wave travels.
What is a medium?
A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a transverse wave?
The lowest part of a transverse wave.
What is a trough?
This occurs when two postive waves combine together to build a larger wave...
What is constructive interference?
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.
What is a wave?
A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal wave?
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
What is a compression?
The combination of two waves when they cancel each other out.
What is destructive interference?
The frequencies that a standing wave appears standing are called...
What are harmonics?
A wave that appears to stand in one place, even though it is really two waves interfering as they pass through each other.
What is a standing wave?
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.
What is a rarefaction?
The interaction between waves that meet.
What is interference?
A huge surface wave on the ocean caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
Sound waves are this type of wave.
What is a longitudinal wave?
A point of maximum amplitude on a standing wave.
What is an antinode?
The increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object’s natural frequency.
What is resonance?
This is how much each harmonic frequencies increases by...
What is the fundamental frequency?