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What R Waves?
Properties of Waves
Interactions of Waves
Seismic Waves
Misc. WavesT
100
The material through which a wave travels
What is a medium?
100
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is the wavelength?
100
A wave bounces back after it hits a surface it can not pass through.
What is reflection?
100
Seismic waves are named for the Greek word seismos, which means this.
What is earthquake?
100
Type of wave where the medium is compressed or spread out.
What is a longitudinal wave?
200
Type of wave where the medium up and down
What is a transverse wave
200
The units used to measure frequency.
What are Hertz?
200
Causes waves to bend when it enters a new medium at an angle.
What is refraction?
200
Longitudinal seismic waves.
What are P waves?
200
Can be caused when an earthquake occurs underwater.
What are tsunamis?
300
The high and low part of a wave.
What are the trough and crest?
300
The number of complete wave that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
What is the frequency?
300
Two types of wave interference.
What is constructive & destructive?
300
Seismic waves with crests and troughs.
What are S waves?
300
Type of wave produced when an energy source causes a medium to vibrate.
What is a mechanical wave?
400
The part of a longitudinal wave that are spread apart
What is the rarefaction?
400
The maximum distance that the particles of the medium carrying the wave move away from the rest position.
What is amplitude?
400
When a wave moves around a barrier or through an opening in a barrier, causing the wave to bend and spread out.
What is diffraction?
400
A combination of longitudinal & transverse waves that travel above ground.
What are surface waves?
400
The frequency of a wave with a speed of 3 m/s and a wavelength of 1.5 m.
What is 2 Hz?
500
Repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion
What is a vibration
500
Wavelength * Frequency = ?
What is speed
500
Two waves that interfere with each other at the same frequency.
What is a standing wave?
500
Records the ground movement caused by the seismic waves as they move through earth.
What is a seismograph?
500
A sound wave has a frequency of 660 Hz and a speed of 330 m/s. Calculate its wavelength.
What is 0.5 m