About Waves
What do waves do?
work as powerful geological agents that constantly.
What does energy do?
It drives movement,generates heat, creates light and powers things.
A wave traveling along a solid object is a...?
solid
What is the vocab word?
Definition: Where displacement of the medium is at its maximum.
Crest
What kind of waves can only travel through a medium?
Mechanical waves
ocean waves traveling through water is a...?
liquid
what is the vocab word?
Definition:Where the medium shows no disturbance.
rest position
Which of these is an example of an electromagnetic wave: lightning, radio waves or driving.
radio waves
sound waves traveling through air is a...?
gas
What is the vocab word?
Definition: Where the displacement of the medium is at its minimum
trough
How is energy transferred through transverse and longitudinal waves?
By particles vibrating perpendicular to the the direction of wave travel.
Soilid, liquid and gases are also known as?
The three primary states of matter.
What is the vocab word?
Definition:The vertical distance between a peak or a valley and the resting position in a transverse wave.
Amplitude
waves of energy are generated when a source of matter in a...?
medium
What is the vocab word?
Definition:The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
wavelength