Types of Waves
Ripples on water surfaces are examples of which type of mechanical wave?
Transverse wave
The highest point of a transverse wave above the resting position.
Crest
Occurs when one wave encounters and bounces off of a new medium, returning to its original medium.
Reflection
Occurs when waves are randomly dispersed or redirected off of a new medium.
Scattering
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The movement of a slinky is an example of which type of mechanical wave?
Longitudinal wave
The section of a longitudinal wave where wave particles are spread apart.
Rarefaction
A wave changes speed as it enters a new medium, causing the wave to bend.
Refraction
When encountering a new medium, a wave lessens, dims, or almost disappears.
Absorption
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The movement of plucked guitar strings are an example of this type of wave.
Transverse wave
The distance between two crests, two troughs, or two compressions of a wave.
Wavelength
When two waves collide with each other, the resulting wave's amplitude is the sum of the two interfering waves.
Interference
When one wave bends around an obstacle or through a slit.
Diffraction
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A wave that transfers energy from one place to another through a medium (solids, liquids, or gases).
Mechanical wave
The maximum distance that a wave moves away from its resting point (more distance = more energy).
Amplitude
An orchestra tuning their instruments is an example of this type of interference because the individual sound waves align together as they oscillate.
Constructive Interference
Noise canceling headphones are an example of this type of interference because they create inverse waves to couple with external sound waves around them.
Destructive Interference
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Invisible ripples of energy that do not need a medium to travel and can move through a vacuum.
Electromagnetic wave
The number of complete waves, cycles, or oscillations that pass through a wave over a specific amount of time.
Frequency
Hearing the faint sound of a piano passing through the walls from a room nearby is an example of this.
Transmission
The vibrations of the wind matching the natural frequency of a bridge and causing it to fall is an example of this.
Resonance
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