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Term | Definition |
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Waves | Rhythmic destruction transfers energy not matter |
Mechanical | Need a medium, speed- solid>water>gas, can not travel through space |
Electromagnetic | Need no medium, travels trough space, speed-gas>water>solid |
Transverse | Matter moves at right angles to the detection of the wave |
Wave length | The length form one crest to another or from one trougth to another |
Crest | the top of a transverse wave |
Trough | the bottom of a transverse wave |
Amplitude | the length from the base line to the crest or the trough |
Compressional | matter moves in the same direction as energy |
Rarefaction | the lines fare apart in compressional |
Compression | the line close together in compressional |
Reflected | bounces off an object |
Transmitted | goes through an object |
Absorbed | an object souks up something |
Opaque | shows no light |
Translucent | shows some light |
Transparent | show all light |
Nuclear reaction | a big bang that a jet plain makes that can brak your ear drums |