Energy
A type of wave moves matter parallel to the direction of the wave
What is a longitudinal wave?
The wave equation
What is: wave speed = frequency x wavelength?
The number of wavelengths that pass a given point per second
What is frequency?
When a wave bounces off a barrier it encounters
What is reflection?
The change of a wave's speed & direction due to a change in the type of matter it is passing through
What is refraction?
A type of wave moves matter perpendicular to the direction of the wave
What is a transverse wave?
The color of a shirt if it reflects all colors
What is white?
How fast a wave travels is knowns as
What is wave speed?
A wave traveling through a barrier
What is transmitting?
Waves used to see bones
What are x-rays?
A type of wave that does not need a medium to transfer energy
What is an electromagnetic wave?
The distance between two like points in a wave
What is a wavelength?
The area of a longitudinal wave where the particles are close together
What is a compression?
An interruption to a wave's movement
What is interference?
The highest point of a transverse wave
What is the crest?
High frequency waves have ________ wavelengths
A type of wave that must use matter to travel through
What is a mechanical wave?
As the amplitude of a sound wave increases, the sound
What affects the speed of a wave?
The medium
The area of a longitudinal wave where the particles are far apart
What is rarefaction (or expansion)?
The rhythmic disturbance that carries energy and NOT matter
What is a wave?
Calculate the wavelength if the frequency of a wave is 3.1 Hz and the wave speed is 21m/s
What is 6.7 meters?
What is a transverse wave?
A wave's amplitude increasing by meeting another wave of equal frequency
What is resonance?
The continuous motion of a wave
What is oscillation?