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Waves
Vocabulary
Properties of Waves
More Waves
Miscellaneous
100

This type of wave needs a medium

Mechanical wave

100

This is when light passes through a medium.

What is transmission?

100

If a wave has shorter wavelengths, it has more ______

What is energy?

100

Why can't sound travel in a vacuum?

Sound is a mechanical wave & needs a medium to travel.  There are not enough particles in space for sound to travel.

100
This is the bouncing back of rays of light, sound or heat
What is reflection
200

X-rays, microwaves, & light waves are examples of these types of waves

What is electromagnetic

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

Name 3 types of mechanical waves.

Sound, Water, Seismic

200
This is the bending of a wave as it passes between two substances
What is refraction
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 ways waves travel

What is transverse and longitudinal

300

Sound being reflected is called

What is an echo?

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 from the resting position to the crest or the trough

What is amplitude

400

Sound waves are examples of what type of wave?

What is mechanical or longitudinal (either is correct)

400

When matter transmits some light

What is translucent?

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

This is what electromagnetic waves can travel through. Another word for empty space

What is a vacuum

500

If you increase the wavelength, what happens to the frequency?

What is it decreases

500

Light waves are examples of what type of wave?

What is transverse or electromagnetic (either is correct)

500

The unit we use to measure frequency

What is hertz