Waves
Which type of wave requires the particles of matter in the medium to vibrate by moving back and forth and perpendicular to the direction of the wave?
What is transverse waves
The low point of a transverse wave is called_________________
What is a trough
What do waves carry?
What is energy
what is the middle line between the trough and the crest of a wave called?
What is refraction
What is the medium for waves moving through the ocean?
What is water
Which type of wave requires the particles of matter in the medium to vibrate by moving back and forth and perpendicular to the direction of the wave?
What is a longitudinal wave
which of the following is an example of an electromagnetic wave (radio, sound, water, seismic)?
What is a radiowave
What is another word for empty space?
What is a vacuum
What is the bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface that does not absorb the entire wave's energy called?
What is reflection
What happens when a spear fisherman sees a fish in the water, but the image is not where the actual fish is?
What is refraction
What is the area on a compressional wave where the space shows the particles moving apart?
What is the measure of the distance a wave travels in an amount of time?
What is frequency
A source of energy causes a___________ which creates a wave
What is a disturbance
What is the wave behavior seen when a wave travels through a material?
What is transmission
What happens when waves collide?
What is they interfere with each other
If a sound wave requires a medium, can you hear sound in space?
What is no
what is the middle line between the trough and the crest of a wave called?
What is a baseline
Many waves require a _________ in order to transmit energy
What is a medium
What is absorption
This wave behavior allows you to see something before you hear it.
What is diffraction
What kind of waves can travel in empty space?
What are electromagnetic waves
What is the measure of the distance from the crest on one wave to the crest on the very next wave?
What is wavelength
If a sound has a greater amplitude it will be__________________
What is louder
Bats use echo to help navigate through its environment, what type of wave behavior is this?
What is reflection
When two waves traveling toward each other meet and the waves cancel each other out for a split second this is called what kind of interference?