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What type of wave moves particles back and forth in the direction of the wave
longitudinal
What property of a wave is related to its energy
amplitude
What is diffraction?
Changing direction around obstacles
What is pitch related to in a sound wave?
frequency
What determines loudness of a sound?
amplitude
What is the term for the distance from one crest to the next on a transverse wave?
wavelength
What happens to wave speed when it enters a denser medium at an angle?
It slows down
What is the term for a repeating pattern of compressions and rarefactions?
longitudinal wave
What happens during constructive interference
waves amplify
What kind of energy is sound?
mechanical
An ocean wave is an example of what type of wave?
transverse wave
What wave behavior causes waves to spread out after passing through a small opening?
diffraction
What is the amplitude a measure of in a sound wave?
volume
What is the speed of a wave measured in?
meters per second
Which waves do not need a medium
electromagnetic
Sound travels fastest through which medium?
Solid
What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength?
Inverse
bending of waves in different mediums
What causes sound?
vibrations
What tool uses sound waves to locate underwater objects?
Ultrasound
What is required for a mechanical wave to travel?
Which type of wave requires a medium?
mechanical
What is resonance?
natural amplification
What describes waves bouncing off a surface?
reflection
What kind of wave is produced by the sun's radiant energy?
Radiant