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Name that Wave
What part is that?
Hands off my property
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 the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through the medium.
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

Why planets and the moon shine bright at night

What is reflection

400

A wave that appears to stand in one place, even though it is really two waves interfering as they pass through each other.

What is a standing 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 a 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

What is it called when waves bend around a barrier?

What is diffraction

500

A reflected sound wave

What is an echo?

500

The frequency of 300 waves that pass a point in one minute?

What is 5 Hz?

500

The increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object’s natural frequency.

What is resonance?

500

The frequencies in which standing waves are formed

What are resonant frequencies?