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chapter14 3/14/13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid or gas energy | waves |
| a physical environment in which phenomena occurs | medium |
| a wave that requires a medium through which to travel | mechanical wave |
| a wave that consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields | electromagnetic wave |
| a wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion | longitudinal wave |
| the highest point of a wave | crest |
| the lowest point of a wave | through |
| the maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium vibrate from their rest position | amplitude |
| the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point of the next wave | wave length |
| the time that it takes a complete cycle or wave oscillation to occur | period |
| the number of cycles or vibrations per unit of time | frequency |
| an observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving | Doppler effect |
| the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface | reflection |
| a change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle` | diffraction |
| the bending of a light ray as it passes from one substance to another one | refraction |
| the combination of two or more waves of the same frequency that results in a single wave | interference |
| a superposition of two or more waves that produces a greater intensity | constructive interference |
| a superposition of two or more waves whose intensity is less | destructive interference |
| a pattern of vibration that stimulates a wave that is standing still | standing wave |
| a wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction wave is traveling | transverse wave |