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chap 14 vocaboihioi
chap 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wave ` | periodic disturbance in a solid ,liquid, or gas as enrgy is transmitted through a medium |
| medium | physical environment in which phenomena occur |
| mechanical wave | a wvae that requires a medium throught which to travel |
| electromagnetic wave | a wave that consists of oscillation electricqand magnetic fields ,which raadiate outward at the speed of light |
| trancverse wave | a wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling |
| longitudinal wave | a wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parelle to the direction of the wave motion |
| crest | the highest point of a wave |
| trough | the lowest point in the wave |
| amplitude | the maximum distance that the particles of a waves mediumvibrate from their rest position |
| wave length | the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave |
| doppler effect | an observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving |
| reflection | the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through |
| diffraction | a change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an edge such as an opening |
| refraction | the bending of a wave front as the wavefront passes between the two substances in which the speed of the wave differs |
| interference | the combination of two or more waves of the same frequency that results in a single wave |
| constructive interference | any interference in which waves combine so that the resulting wave is bigger than the original waves |
| destructive interference | any interference in which waves combie so that the resulting wave is smaller than the largest of the original wave |
| standing wave | the pattern of vibration that simulates a wave that is standing still |