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unit 1 wave review
Term | Definition |
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crest | the top of a wave |
trough | the bottom of the wave |
amplitude | the length from the line of origin to the crest |
wave length | the distance from a crest of a wave to the other |
frequency | the amount of waves that pass per second |
medium | any substance in which a wave can travel through |
mechanical wave | a wave that needs a medium to travel through |
ultrasound | sounds to high for humans to hear |
infrasound | sounds to low for humans to hear |
doppler effect | is a change in frequency and wavelength of a wave (depends on your distance from the source) |