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Name that Wave
What part is that?
waves property
waves interacting
this and that
100
It can't fix a car, but this does requires a medium through which to travel.
What is a mechanical wave?
100

This is the highest part of a transverse wave, not toothpaste.

What is a crest?

100

The maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through the medium.

What is amplitude?

100
The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.
What is reflection?
100
The material (not too big, and not too small) through which a wave travels.
What is a medium?
200

A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.

What is a transverse wave?

200
The lowest part of a transverse wave.
What is a trough?
200
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is wavelength?
200

The bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle.

What is refraction?

200

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

What is a wave?

300
A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal wave?
300

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

What is a compression?

300

The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.

What is frequency?

300

The bending of waves as they move around a barrier or pass through an opening.

What is diffraction?

300

The rule that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.

What is the law of reflection?

400
A wave that appears to stand in one place, even though it is really two waves interfering as they pass through each other.
What is a standing wave?
400

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.

What is a rarefaction?

400

Unit of measurement for frequency.

What is a hertz (Hz)?

400

The interaction between waves that meet.

What is interference?

400
A huge surface wave on the ocean caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
500
A longitudinal seismic wave.
What is a P wave?
500
A point of maximum amplitude on a standing wave.
What is an antinode?
500
The frequency of 300 waves that pass a point in one minute?
What is 5 Hz?
500
The increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object’s natural frequency.
What is resonance?
500
These are transverse seismic wave.
What are S waves?