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chapter 14 Vocaulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wave | A periodic disturbance in asolid, liquid, or gas. |
| Medium | A physical environment in which phenomena occur |
| Electromagnetic Wave | A wave that consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields |
| Transverse Wave | A wave in which that particles of medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling |
| longitudinal Wave | A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion |
| crest | highest point of the wave |
| trough | lowest point of the wave |
| ampitude | the maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium vibrate from thir real position |
| wavelength | the distance from any point on a wave to an indentical point on tghe next wave |