Wave Diagrams
Vocabulary
Challenge Vocabulary
Anatomy of a Wave
Miscellaneous
100
Points C & G are representing what part of the wave?
What is crest?
100
The capacity to do work.
What is Energy?
100
Any substance through which a wave can travel.
What is medium?
100
The highest point of the wave above the line of origin.
What is crest?
100
These are the two main types of waves.
What is compressional/longitudinal and transverse?
200
Points A & E are representing what part of the wave?
What is trough?
200
How many waves that go past a point in one second.
What is frequency?
200
This is the type of wave where the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave.
What is compressional/longitudinal wave?
200
The lowest point of the wave below the line of origin?
What is trough?
200
The equation used to find the speed of a wave:
Speed = Wavelength x _______
What is frequency?
300
What is the term used to describe the distance between points C and G?
What is wavelength?
300
A disturbance that carries energy from one place to another.
What is wave?
300
This is the type of wave where the particles vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
What is transverse wave?
300
Signifies the original position of the medium.
What is line of origin?
300
If you increase the wavelength, this is what happens to the frequency.
What is it decreases?
400
Which letter below represents amplitude?
What is D?
400
The speed at which a wave moves.
What is wave speed?
400
When the particles of a compressional/longitudinal wave are crowded together it is called this.
What is compression?
400
The distance between two consecutive crests or two consecutive troughs?
What is wavelength?
400
This is the unit used to measure frequency?
What is Hertz (Hz)
500
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
What is wave #4?
500
List 3 characteristics of waves.
What is amplitude, frequency, wavelength?
500
When the particles of a compressional/longitudinal wave are spread apart it is called this.
What is rarefaction?
500
The distance from the line of origin to a crest or trough of a wave.
What is amplitude?
500
The higher the amplitude, the more _____ in the wave.
What is energy?