What is a wave?
Waves transfer this from one place to another.
What is energy?
The oscillations are at right angles to the direction of energy transfer.
What is a transverse wave?
Sound waves are this type of wave.
What is a longitudinal wave?
The position of a particle when no wave is present.
What is the rest position?
The number of vibrations per second.
What is frequency?
Waves do not transfer this.
What is a particle
The highest point of a transverse wave.
What is a peak?
Regions where particles are close together.
What are compressions?
The maximum distance from the rest position.
What is amplitude?
The unit of frequency.
What is hertz (Hz)?
Another word for vibration.
What is Oscillation
The lowest point of a transverse wave.
What is a trough?
A P-wave from an earthquake is an example of this.
What is a longitudinal wave?
The distance between two consecutive peaks.
What is wavelength?
The time for one complete vibration.
What is period?
These include light, radio and microwaves.
What are electromagnetic waves?
S-type earthquake waves belong to this type of wave.
What is a transverse wave?
Regions where particles are spread apart.
What are rarefactions?
The symbol used for wavelength.
What is λ (lambda)?
The unit of period.
What is seconds (s)?
This is the main job of all waves.
What is carrying energy from one place to another?
In a transverse wave, particles move in this direction relative to energy transfer.
What is perpendicular (at right angles)?
In a longitudinal wave, particles vibrate in this direction relative to energy transfer.
What is parallel?
One wavelength is also described as this.
What is the distance a wave moves in one complete vibration?
A frequency of 50 Hz means this many vibrations per second.
What is 50 vibrations?