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waves
Vocabulary
Properties of waves
more waves
miscelaneous
100
This type of wave needs a medium
mechanical wave
100

the ability to cause a change

What is energy?

100
This is the speed at which a wave is moving
What is wave speed
100
This is where the particles of a longitudinal wave are crowded together
What is compression
100

From rest to crest then trough and back to rest.

What is 1 wave cycle

200

back and forth motion

What is a vibration?

200
this is any substance through which a wave can travel
What is a medium
200
This is The distance from crest to crest, or from trough to trough
What is wavelength
200
this is where the particles of a longitudinal wave are spread apart
What is rarefaction
200
This means to be at right angles
What is perpendicular
300
This is any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space
What is a wave
300
This is the highest point of a transverse wave
What is a crest
300
This is the number of waves produced in a certain amount of time
What is frequency
300
These are the two main types of waves
What is transverse and longitudinal
300

Changing the amplitude will change the ________of a sound.

What is volume or loudness

400
This is a waves where the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave
What is longitudinal wave
400
This is the lowest point of a transverse wave
What is a trough
400
This is the maximum distance the particles of a wave vibrate from resting position
What is amplitude
400
Sound waves are examples of what type of wave?
What is mechanical or longitudinal
400

This is the unit we use to measure frequency

What is hertz

500
This is a wave where the particles vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave
What is a transverse wave
500

 when a sound is high or low

What is pitch

500
If you increase the wavelength, what happens to the frequency?
What is it decreases
500

Frequency multiplied by wavelength

What is wave speed

500

Sound waves cannot travel here

What is a vaccuum (space)