waves vocab
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| wave | a disturbance that moves through matter or space
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| transverse wave | causes particles in matter to move back and forth at right angles
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| compressional wave | causes particles to move back and forth along the same direction
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| wavelength | the distance between one point on the wave and the same point moving in the same speed
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| frequency | the number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second
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| law of reflection | when waves reflect off surface
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| rarefaction | the change in direction of a wave when it changes speed as it travels one material to an other
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| diffraction | the bending around the waves around an object
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| opaque | not abel to see through; solid
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| translucent | allows some light to pass though
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| transparent | clear; allows light to pass through
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| reflect | to throw back the light or bounce off
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| absorb | to take the light in or suck the light up
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| transmit | pass through something
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| loudness | it is the magnitude of sound
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| pitch | the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it
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