Name that wave
It can't fix a car, but this does require 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 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
The bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle.
What is refraction
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 particle of the medium are close together.
What is a compression
The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency
The bending of waves as they move around a barrier or pass through an opening.
What is diffraction
The rule that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.
What is the Law of Reflection
What do waves transfer?
What is energy.
Part of the longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.
What is a rarefaction
Unit of measurement for frequency.
What is hertz
The interaction between waves that meet.
What is interference
A change in pitch is due to this.
What is a change in frequency
The source of all waves in motion
What is vibration
The starting position of a wave.
What is the point of origin
The frequency of 300 waves that pass a point in 60 seconds.
What is 5 Hz
The increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object's natural frequency.
What is resonance
The relationship between wavelength and frequency.
What is the shorter the wavelength, the higher the frequency (or vice versa).