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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 the crest?
100
The height of a transverse wave, from rest to crest.
What is the 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 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 in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal or compression wave?
300
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are packed 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
X-rays, visible light, infrared, microwaves, and radio waves are all found on this measurement.
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
400
Waves that can travel though empty space.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
400
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of are further 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
Waves that are created by earthquakes.
What is a seismic wave?
500
The midpoint of a transverse wave.
What is equilibrium?
500
How fast a wave travels through a particular medium.
What is wave speed?
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 frequency of sound waves.
What is pitch?