Vocab
wave disturbance
wave
wave requires medium
Mechanical
what is a crest and trough
crest on top trough bottom
what is a wave?
a disturbance that transfers energy
Material through energy from one place to another
Medium
Water waves
Mechanical
What is the difference between compression and rarefaction?
Compression - medium close together
rarefaction - medium ar apart
Student makes a transverse wave by wiggling it. how does the rope move?
Transverse wave- perpendicular
Particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels, or parallel to the wave
longitudinal wave
Microwaves
EM
A whale makes a noise underwater that is too low-pitched for humans to hear. What type of wave is this?
Mecanical
Why are radio waves used to study objects in space?
radio waves are electromagnetic waves that don't require a medium
particles move perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels
transverse wave
Sound waves
Mechanical waves
find mean of 25, 75, 100, 125
81.25
Two diffrent types of waves can't travel the same speed
No transvere waves "find in book bc din't finish in class"
A disturbance in electric and magnetic fields
electromagnetic waves
X - Rays
EM
Median: 15
Mode: 12
Find the range of 35,28,50,37
22