Types of Waves
This type of wave requires a medium to travel
What is Mechanical wave?
A wave that moves the medium at right angles (perpendicular) to the direction in which the wave travels
What is Transverse wave?
The highest point of a wave.
What is Crest
True or False sound waves can be heard in space?
What is false?
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
What is Wave?
This type of wave does not require a medium to travel.
What is electromagnetic wave.
A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction of the wave.
What is longitudinal wave?
The lowest point of a wave
What is Trough
Frequency is measured in
What is hertz (Hz)?
The rate at which a wave passes through a medium is known as
What is Speed?
ocean, sound, and seismic waves are examples of what type of waves.
What is Mechanical waves?
Moving a slinky back and forth in your hands is an example of this wave.
What is longitudinal wave?
When a longitudinal wave is very close together.
Compression
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as the distance between two crests or two troughs.
What is Wavelength?
the material through which a wave travels.
Medium
visible light, radio waves, and x-rays are examples of what type of waves.
What is electromagnetic waves.
Moving a rope up and down is an example of what kind of wave.
What is transverse wave?
When a longitudinal wave is spread far apart.
Rarefaction
As the loudness of a soundwave increases, which of the following also increases?
What is Amplitude?
The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
What is frequency?
The maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position.
Amplitude
what's the equation to find the speed of a wave.
What is wave speed=wavelength x frequency?
A space that is completely empty of solids, liquids, gases, or other matter.
What is Vacuum