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Waves in General
Wave Properties
Wave Behavior
Wave Characteristics
Wave Examples + Random
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What are waves?

Rhythmic disturbances that carry energy without carrying matter.

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What is a crest?
the highest part of a transverse wave
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What is a reflection?
The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass
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What is expansion?

The least dense part of a longitudinal wave?

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What is an example of a longitudinal wave?

Sound waves or seismic waves

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What are mechanical waves?
The type of waves that use matter to transfer energy.
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What is a wavelength?
the distance between crest to crest or trough to trough in a transverse wave or from compression to compression or rarefaction to rarefaction in a compressional wave.
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What is refraction?
the bending of waves due to a change in speed
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What is a compression?

The densest part of a longitudinal wave.

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What is an example of a transverse wave?

Visible light waves, radio waves, gamma rays, etc.

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What is a longitudinal wave?

When the disturbance moves in the same direction as the wave itself

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What is frequency?
the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
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What is transmission?

When waves travel through a medium

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What is oscillation? 

the repeated, back-and-forth movement of a system around a point of equilibrium

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What is an example of a mechanical wave?

Sound waves, etc.

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What is a medium?
The material through which a wave travels
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What is Hertz?
the unit of measurement for frequency
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What is absorption?

When waves cause a medium to vibrate

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What is a medium?

substance or material that can transmit energy

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What is a satellite?

an placed item or celestial body in orbit around the Earth or another planet

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What are types of electromagnetic waves?
Possible answers: Radio waves Infrared waves Visible light waves Ultra violet waves X-Rays Gamma Rays
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What is Amplitude?

the height of a wave from equilibrium to the crest or trough

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What is a transverse wave?

a wave in which the vibrating element moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction of advance of the wave

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What is a sonic boom?

Sound created by an object moving faster than the speed of sound

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What is ecology?

The study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment