Vocabulary
Lowest point of a transverse wave
What is Troughs?
This is one complete back and forth motion of an object
What is vibration?
light waves are examples of what type of wave?
What is transverse or electromagnetic?
What is a periodic disturbance that transfers energy?
What is a wave?
This is the bouncing back of rays of light, sound or heat
What is reflection?
This is any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space
What is a wave?
X-rays and microwaves are examples of these types of waves
What is electromagnetic?
This is The distance from crest to crest, or from trough to trough
What is wavelength?
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
What is mechanical waves?
This is the word we use to measure frequency
What is hertz?
this is any substance through which a wave can travel
What is a medium?
This is a wave where the particles vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave
What is a transverse wave?
This is the maximum distance the particles of a wave vibrate from resting position
What is amplitude?
The time require for complete vibration of a particle in a medium.
What is periods?
This is the bending of a wave as it passes between two substances
What is refraction?
The motion of the wave is perpendicular (across) to the direction the wave is moving
What is Transverse Waves?
At the beach,Did Mr. Laberis surf or bodyboard?
body board
This is the number of waves produced in a certain amount of time
What is frequency?
Distance divided by times is the formula to calculate.
What is wave speed?
This is how a surface wave forms
What is when a transverse & longitudinal wave combine?
The motion of the wave is in the same direction the wave is moving
What is Longitudinal wave?
This is a waves where the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave
What is longitudinal wave?
If you increase the wavelength, what happens to the frequency?
What is it decreases?
What is the medium for seismic waves?
What is earth and dirt?
Sound waves are examples of what type of wave
What is mechanical or longitudinal?