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chapter 14 Vocaulary
Question | Answer |
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Wave | A periodic disturbance in asolid, liquid, or gas. |
Medium | A physical environment in which phenomena occur |
Electromagnetic Wave | A wave that consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields |
Transverse Wave | A wave in which that particles of medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling |
longitudinal Wave | A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion |
crest | highest point of the wave |
trough | lowest point of the wave |
ampitude | the maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium vibrate from thir real position |
wavelength | the distance from any point on a wave to an indentical point on tghe next wave |