Waves Vocabulary
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space | Wave
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| The substance through which a wave can travel | Medium
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| Waves which particles vibrate in an up-and-down motion | Transverse Waves
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| Waves where particles of the medium vibrate back and forth along the path that the wave travels | Longitudinal Waves
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| The combination of a transverse and longitudinal wave | Surface wave
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| The maximum distance the particles of the medium vibrate from their rest position | Amplitude
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| The distance between any two adjacent crests or compressions on a wave | Wavelength
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| The number of waves made in a given amount of time | Amplitude
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| The speed at which waves travel | Wave speed
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