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Vocabulary
Wave Categories
Parts of a Wave
Miscellaneous
Slinky Lab
100
A substance or material that carries the wave
What is a medium
100
A wave that requires a medium to travel.
What is a mechanical wave
100
The highest point on a transverse wave.
What is the crest
100
The wavelength is measured as the distance from one _________ to the next__________ in a transverse wave.
What is crest, crest OR trough, trough
100

An electromagnetic wave travels through

What is empty space

200
Distance between one point on a wave and the exact same place on the next wave.
What is wavelength
200
A wave in which the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave.
What is a transverse wave
200
The lowest point on a transverse wave.
What is the trough
200
The wavelength is commonly measured as the distance from one _________ to the next__________ in a longitudinal wave.
What is compression, compression OR rarefaction, rarefaction
200

Ocean waves travel through

What is a liquid or water

300
A disturbance that carries energy from one place to another.
What is a wave
300
A wave in which the medium moves back and forth in the same direction as the wave.
What is a longitudinal wave
300
When the particles of a longitudinal wave are close together.
What is compression
300
How many waves go past a point in one second; unit of measurement is hertz (Hz)
What is Frequency
300

Sound waves travel through

What is a gas or air

400
How far the medium (crests and troughs, or compressions and rarefactions) moves from rest position (the place the medium is when not moving).
What is amplitude
400
A wave that does not require a medium to travel, for example, it can travel through a vacuum.
What is an electromagnetic wave
400
When the particles of a longitudinal wave are far apart.
What is rarefaction
400
The higher the amplitude, the more _______ in the wave.
What is energy
400

A rope wave travels through

What is a solid or the rope

500
The capacity to do work.
What is energy
500

The speed, wavelength, and frequency of a wave are related to each other by

What is mathematical formulas

500

A wave on a lake has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 3 Hz.  The speed of the wave is 

What is 6 Hz/second

500

The mathematical equation for finding the speed of a wave

What is Speed = Frequency x Wavelength

500

Wave frequency is measured in 

What is Hertz (Hz)