What is a wave?
Disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
What is a wave?
wave in which the particles of the medium move UP and DOWN
What is a transverse wave?
Distance between two neighboring crests or troughs
What is a wavelength?
bouncing of a wave after striking a barrier
What is reflection?
bending of a wave as it moves from one medium to another
What is refraction?
Wave that transfers energy through matter.
What is a mechanical wave?
high point of a transverse wave?
What is a crest?
number of complete waves passing a point in a given time
What is frequency
wave that strikes a barrier
incident wave
Refraction is caused by a change in _________?
What is speed?
Wave that transfers energy through empty space
What is a electromagnetic wave?
low point of a transverse wave
What is a trough?
height of a transverse wave
What is amplitude?
wave that bounces off a barrier
Waves travel through a medium in ________ line.
What is straight?
material through which mechanical waves can travel
What is a medium?
part of the medium where the particles are close together
What is compression?
distance a wave travels in one unit of time
What is speed?
line at right angle to a barrier
What is a normal?
The speed of a light wave ___________ when it moves from water into air?
What is speeds up?
Water waves carry ________.
What is energy?
part of the a medium where the particles are far apart
What is a rarefaction?
What is a hertz?
The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection have this in common.
What are their angles?
When a wave moves at an angle from less dense medium to a more dense medium, it is bent _________ the normal.
What is toward?