Vocabulary
The highest point of a wave?
What is a crest?
Formula used to find wave speed
What is v = fλ?
Waves are caused by this
What are vibrating objects?
Particles move up and down
What is a transverse wave?
Medium sound usually travels through
What is air?
A wave that requires a medium
What is a mechanical wave?
Frequency = 2 Hz, wavelength = 5 m → speed?
What is 10 m/s?
Speed of sound depends on this
What is the medium?
Particles move parallel to the wave
What is a longitudinal wave?
Type of waves our eyes detect
What are light waves?
Distance between two crests
What is wavelength?
Wave speed = 30 m/s, frequency = 10 Hz → wavelength?
What is 3 m?
Sound travels fastest in this state of matter
What are solids?
Occurs at boundary between two media
What is a surface wave?
Range of light humans can see
What is visible light?
Number of waves per second
What is frequency?
Wavelength = 2 m, frequency = 0.3 Hz → speed?
What is 0.6 m/s?
Moving toward a sound causes frequency to do this
What is increase?
Does NOT require a medium
What is an electromagnetic wave?
Example of a longitudinal wave
What is a sound wave?
The height of a wave from rest position
What is amplitude?
Wave speed = 50 m/s, wavelength = 0.01 m → period?
What is 0.0002 s?
Name of the effect describing frequency change due to motion
What is the Doppler Effect?
Water waves are this combination
What are transverse and longitudinal?
Example of electromagnetic wave
What is light (or radio waves)?