Characteristics of Waves
The distance from one crest to the next crest, or for, one trough to the next trough is called.
What is Wavelength
Is simply the bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary.
What is Reflection
The matter through which wave travels is called the
What is medium
What does waves carry ?
What is energy
Most waves are caused by..
What is earthquakes.
This change in the observed frequency of a wave is called the…
What is Doppler effect
This bending of waves as they pass an edge is called
What is diffraction
Waves that require a medium are called
What is mechanical waves
How are waves generated?
What is energy passing through water.
A sound wave is an example of
What is a longitudinal wave
The greatest distance that particles are displaced from their normal resting position is called the..
What is Amplitude
The bending of waves when they pass from one medium into another is called
What is refraction
What waves consist of changing electric and magnetic fields in space
What is Electromagnetic waves
How do the particles in ocean waves move ?
What is clockwise circles
The number of waves passing a given point per unit of time is called the
What is frequency.
The time required for one complete vibration of a particle in a medium or of one rose and fall of a swimmer in the ocean is called the…
What is Period of the wave
What is it called when crest of one wave meets the trough of another wave, the resulting wave has a smaller amplitudes of two individuals waves…
What is destructive interference
Waves in which the motion of the particles is perpendicular to the motion of the wave are called
Transverse waves
What is a wave ?
What is a disturbance that carries energy through matter or space.
The combining of waves as they meet is known as..
What is interference.
The number of wave lengths that pass a point in a given time interval is called the…
What is Frequency of a wave.
What results from interference between a wave and it’s reflected wave.
What is standing wave
Waves that cause the particles in a medium to vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion are called
What is longitudinal waves.
The speed of an wave depends on…
What is wavelength.
What does Mrs. Hills Teach ?
Physical Science