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 maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through the medium.
What is amplitude?
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?
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is wavelength?
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 number of complete waves that pass a given point in 1 second.
What is frequency?
The combination of two waves when they cancel each other out.
What is destructive interference?
How do you measure wavelength in a longitudinal wave?
What is from compression to compression?
What type of wave is a sound wave?
What is a mechanical wave?
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.
What is a rarefaction?
Unit of measurement for frequency.
What is a hertz (Hz)?
The bending of waves around the corners of an obstacle or as a result of passing through a narrow slit or across an edge
What is interference?
A huge surface wave on the ocean caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
Gamma waves are this type of wave.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
The distance from the trough to the crest
What is the wave height?
The frequency of 300 waves that pass a point in one minute? (HINT: think of how many seconds are in a minute)
What is 5 Hz?
The change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another or from a gradual change in the medium
What is refraction?
All of the colors in the electromagnetic spectrum become what color when combined?
What is white?