Wave Anatomy
The distance between two high points or two low points
wavelength
The wave that moves left to right
What is Longitudinal
The highest point of a wave
Crest
When light enters an object and doesn't leave
what is absorption
Electromagnetic waves travel fastest in this
What is a vacuum
The number of cycles that a wave makes each second
What is Frequency
The wave that moves up and down
What is Transverse
The lowest point of a wave
What is Trough
when a wave hits an object and bounces back
what is reflection
Highest energy waves on the electromagnetic spectrum
The height of a transverse wave
What is amplitude
These occur at the boundary between two mediums and involve particles moving in a circular motion, combining both transverse and longitudinal characteristics.
What is Surface Waves
the maximum displacement or intensity of a wave or vibration from its resting (equilibrium) point
what is amplitude
Corresponds to a high frequency
what is high energy
Color if all light waves are absorbed
The rate at which the wave moves
what is wave speed
A wave that requires a medium in order to travel.
Mechanical Wave
The number of wave cycles passing a point per second
What is Frequency
mechanical vibrations that travel as pressure disturbances through a medium (air, water, solids)
Sound Waves
The color if all light is reflected
What is white
the horizontal line that runs exactly through the center of the wave's oscillation, equidistant from its highest points (crests) and lowest points (troughs).
What is midline
This wave can travel through a vacuum
Electromagnetic wave
Measured in Hertz
What is Frequency
What is refraction
Causes us to see the color of things
What is reflection