Wave Vocabulary
What is called any periodic disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space?
Waves
Which types of waves have amplitude?
Transverse
What are the 3 types of waves?
Transverse, Longitudinal, Surface
Happens when a wave bounces back after hitting a barrier.
Reflection
What direction does the wave travel?
Away from the disturbance.
A physical substance that a wave can travel through.
A Medium
The more energy the wave has the _____________ the amplitude.
Bigger
What is the highest part of the wave?
Crest
The bending of a wave as the wave passes from one medium to another at an angle.
Refraction
Waves that need a medium to travel through.
Mechanical
is a wave that moves across the medium perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling.
Transverse
What are the 3 main properties of a wave?
Amplitude, Wavelength, Frequency
What is the lowest part of the wave?
Trough
The bending of waves around a barrieror obstacle, such as an edge or opening.
Diffraction
Waves that do not need a madium to travel through.
Electromagnetic
particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave.
Longitudinal
The distance between the same identical point on any wave?
Wavelength
What is it called when the wave is crowded together?
Compression
The 4 types of wave interactions.
Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, Interference
Where does the energy for the wave come from?
Disturbance
The maximum height or distance a particle vibrates from the rest positions.
Amplitude
The number of times a wave is repeated in a given amount of time.
Frequency
What is it called when the wave spreads apart?
Rarefaction
The types of interference
Constructive and Destructive
Objects on top of a wave travel in what kind of direction?
Circular