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 wave 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
"A" on the graph is
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 that a wave travels.
What is a medium?
200
A wave that moves the medium perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels. (up and down)
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 causing a straw to look broken under water
What is refraction?
200
What is the wavelength symbol
300
A wave that moves the medium parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal wave?
300
disturbances in electric and magnetic fields
What is a electromagnetic wave
300
The darker areas are
What is compression?
300
When you pull back on a spring toy, you spread the coils apart causing a ________________.
What is rarefaction?
300
example of a medium
What is a rope?
400
removing _________ from a bell jar while a cell phone rings will cause sound not to travel.
What is air?
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
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another
What is a wave?
400
What is a wavelength?
500
sound is an example of this wave .
What is a longitudinal wave?
500
tells you how many cycles occur in an amount of time.
What is frequency?
500
the time required from one full pattern to pass a given point
What is wave period?
500
Example of an EM wave
What is light wave?
500
a ripple in a pond is an example of what wave.
What are transverse waves?