General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Sound
Light
Trends
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What is a periodic disturbance that transfers energy?

a wave

100
What is the highest point of a wave?
crest
100
What type of wave are sound waves?
longitudinal (mechanical)
100

What type of waves are light waves?

electromagnetic

100
If I increase the frequency of a wave, what happens to the amplitude? 

Nothing. It stays the same

200
What is the physical environment that waves occur in?
medium
200
What is the lowest point of a wave?
trough
200
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
pitch
200

What changes as you go from a Radio Wave to a Gamma Wave on the spectrum? 

wavelength/frequency

200

What is the speed that w/?/p

frequency

300
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
mechanical waves
300
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
wavelength
300
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
amplitude
300

What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?

gamma rays

300

If I decrease the wavelength, what happens to the frequency? 

It increases

400
What are waves where the particles move perpendicular to the direction of motion?
transverse waves
400

What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?

amplitude

400
What determines the pitch of a sound?
the frequency of the wave
400

What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

radio waves

400

If I decrease the frequency of a wave, what happens to the wavelength? 

It increases/gets longer

500

What is the medium for seismic waves/earthquakes?

earth/dirt

500
What is the time it takes for a wave to complete one cycle?
period
500

What causes sound waves?

vibrations

500

What does the word spectrum mean? Provide an example. 

Answers may vary

500

If I increase the amplitude of a wave, what changes?

The intensity (how loud, bright, or strong waves are)

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