A repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space
What is a wave
100
The matter waves travel through
What is a medium
100
Two types of waves
What are transverse and compressional waves
100
Waves carry this
What is energy
100
Is the water in a tsunami the same water that was next to the earthquake that produced it
What is no
200
Matter in the medium moves back and forth along the same direction that the wave travels
What is a compressional wave
200
Matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels
What is a transverse wave
200
Transverse waves are measured this way
What is crest to crest or trough to trough
200
The highest point of a transverse wave
What is a crest
200
The least dense part of a compressional wave
What is rarefraction
300
The number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second
What is frequency
300
The amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point
What is a period
300
Compressional waves are measured this way
What is compression to compression
300
The effect on wavelength if frequency increases
What is wavelength decreases
300
When comparing wavelength, sound waves are ____ compared to light waves
What is longer
400
A special type of wave pattern that forms when waves equal in wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other
What is a standing wave
400
The process when two or more waves overlap and combine to form a new wave
What is interference
400
An example of a transverse wave is
What is an ocean wave
400
If amplitude changes,
A)wave energy B)wave speed C)frequency
also changes
What is wave energy
400
You can hear around corners because of sound waves' ability to do what
What is diffract
500
The bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another
What is refraction
500
When an object causes a wave to change direction and bend around it
What is diffraction
500
An example of a compressional wave is
What is a sound wave
500
This organ vibrates to make your voice
What is a vocal cord
500
These are the objects you can see when you look into a mirror
What are objects whose reflection beams go towards your eyes