Wave Parts
Energy
Wave Types
Wavelengths
Misc.
100
The highest point of a transverse wave.
What is a crest?
100
When a wave's amplitude increases, the energy being carried increases or decreases?
The energy being carried INCREASES.
100
The two basic types of waves.
Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves
100
If you measure from one crest to the next, what do you get?
The Wavelength
100
What do mechanical waves travel through?
Matter
200
The lowest point of a transverse wave
Trough
200
What do waves carry from place to place?
Energy
200
A sound wave is what type of wave?
Mechanical wave
200
The distance a wave travels in one cycle is one _______________________.
wavelength
200
What are three mediums sound can travel through?
air, liquid, and solids
300
The distance traveled in one wave cycle.
Wavelength
300
If you increase the _____________, the amplitude of the wave will increase.
Energy
300
This type of wave requires a medium to travel through and cannot travel through space.
Mechanical Waves
300
If a sound wave has a long wavelength will the frequency be higher or lower?
It will have a lower frequency.
300
What is air made of that helps carry sound well?
Matter
400
The distance between the midpoint of the wave and the crest.
Amplitude
400
Any kind of matter that is disturbed by energy.
Medium
400
This type of wave does not need a medium to travel through. It can travel through space.
Electromagnetic Waves
400
If a sound wave has a short wavelength is the frequency higher or lower?
The wave will have a higher frequency.
400
What medium do seismic waves travel through?
The ground (occurs during earthquakes)
500
The number of waves that pass per second.
Frequency
500
If the energy a wave is carrying decreases, what happens to the amplitude?
The amplitude decreases.
500
What type of wave is a radio wave?
Electromagnetic Wave
500
Will a long wavelength have high energy or low energy?
Low energy
500
When an object __________, it carries sound waves.
Vibrates