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Waves Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space | Wave |
| The substance through which a wave can travel | Medium |
| Waves which particles vibrate in an up-and-down motion | Transverse Waves |
| Waves where particles of the medium vibrate back and forth along the path that the wave travels | Longitudinal Waves |
| The combination of a transverse and longitudinal wave | Surface wave |
| The maximum distance the particles of the medium vibrate from their rest position | Amplitude |
| The distance between any two adjacent crests or compressions on a wave | Wavelength |
| The number of waves made in a given amount of time | Amplitude |
| The speed at which waves travel | Wave speed |