Anatomy of a Wave
What is the highest point of a wave?
Crest
What kind of wave is responsible for the transfer of energy through a medium?
Mechanical Wave
What kind of waves are used in cooking and cell phones?
Microwaves
What is the term for the measure of frequency?
Hertz
What is the substance through which a wave travels through?
Medium
What is the lowest point of a wave?
Trough
What kind of waves travel throughout the Earth?
Seismic Waves
What kind of waves can be used to see the inside of bodies and objects?
X-rays
What is the term for the speed at which a wave travels through a medium?
Wave Speed
What is the number of waves passing through a point per second?
Frequency
What is the distance between two consecutive crests/troughs in a wave?
Wavelength
What is the type of wave where particles move perpendicular to the waves direction?
Transverse Waves
What kind of waves can cause skin cancer?
Ultraviolet Waves
(NOT UV)
What is the term describing when two lines or directions run side-by-side often used to describe wave motion in longitudinal waves?
Parallel
What is the part of a longitudinal wave in which particles are closest together?
Compression
What is the maximum distance a wave varies from its rest position?
Amplitude
What are the waves in which particles move parallel to the waves direction
Longitudinal Wave
What kind of wave has the shortest wave length and the highest frequency?
Gamma Rays
What is a term describing when two lines or directions meet at a 90-degree angle, often use to describe wave motion in a transverse wave?
Perpendicular
What is the part of a longitudinal wave where particles are spread apart?
Rarefaction
Which part would the wave settle down if there is no distraction moving through the wave?
Rest position
What are wave that move particles in a medium both up/down and back/forth combining transverse and longitudinal characteristics?
Surface Waves
Name all of the EM waves from shortest to longest wave length.
Gamma Rays, X-ray,Ultraviolet,Visible,Infrared,Microwaves,and Radio Waves
What is the spreading of waves and obstacles or through openings?
Diffraction
What is the interaction between waves that meet?
Interference