Wave Test Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a disturbance or variation which travels through a medium | Wave |
the matter a wave travels through | Medium |
a disturbance that travels through some material or substance called the medium of the wave | Mechanical Wave |
wave (as a radio wave or wave of light) that travels at the speed of light and consists of a combined electric and magnetic effect | Electromagnetic Wave |
a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer | Transverse Wave |
waves that have the same direction of oscillations or vibrations along or parallel to their direction of travel | Longitudinal Wave |
the magnitude of change | Amplitude |
the distance over which the wave's shape repeats | Wavelength |
the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time | Frequency |
the point on a wave with the maximum value or upward displacement within a cycle | Crest |
the opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point in a cycle | Trough |
where the medium is at rest | Normal (rest position) |
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