Name that Wave
What Part is That?
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Waves Interacting
This and That
100
It can't fix a car, but this does requires a medium through which to travel.
What is a mechanical wave?
100
This is the highest part of a transverse wave, not toothpaste.
What is a crest?
100
The maximum distance of a vibration that is measured from the midline.
What is amplitude?
100
The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.
What is reflection?
100
The material (not too big, and not too small) through which a wave travels.
What is a medium?
200
A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a transverse wave?
200
The lowest part of a transverse wave.
What is a trough?
200
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is wavelength?
200
The bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle.
What is refraction?
200
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.
What is a wave?
300
A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal wave?
300
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
What is a compression?
300
The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency?
300
The bending of waves as they move around a barrier or pass through an opening.
What is diffraction?
300
The unit for speed of a wave.
What is m/s (meters per second)?
400
This wave causes an earthquake.
What is a seismic wave?
400
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.
What is a rarefaction?
400
Unit of measurement for frequency.
What is hertz (Hz)?
400
The interaction between waves that meet.
What is interference?
400
A huge surface wave on the ocean caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
500
A wave that has a change of direction and returns to the medium that is started at.
What is a reflection?
500
The position where a wave would sit if there was no disturbance.
What is rest position or midline?
500
The speed of a wave is 65 m/sec. If the wavelength of the wave is 0.8 meters, what is the frequency of the wave? (This is a math problem)
What is 81.25 Hz?
500
Where two waves combine to an amplitude of the sum of their individual amplitudes.
What is constructive interference?
500
A wave has a wavelength of 0.5 meters and a frequency of 120 Hz. What is the wave’s speed? (This is a math problem)
What is 60 m/s?
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