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Question | Answer |
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Vibration | A repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion. |
Medium | The material through which a wave can travel. The material through which a wave can travel. |
Waves | A rhythmic disturbance that transfers energy without carrying matter. |
Longitudinal waves | particles of matter in the medium vibrate by pushing together and moving apart parallel to the direction in which the wave travels. |
Compression: | the place on the wave that particles are pushed together. |
Rarefaction | the place on the wave that particles are further apart. |
Transverse Waves | Waves in which the particles of matter in the medium vibrate by moving back and forth and are perpendicular to the direction the wave travels. |