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Chapter 10
pages 290-309
| Term | Definition/Examples |
|---|---|
| wave | :a repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space |
| medium | :the matter that waves travel through |
| transverse wave | :matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels |
| compressional wave | :matter in the medium moves back and forth along the same direction that the wave travels |
| sound wave | :compressional wave that produces sound |
| water wave | :not purely a transverse wave nor a compressional wave because it causes water to move back and forth as well as up and down |
| seismic wave | :combination of a compressional wave and a transverse wave |
| wave |