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KOTELSCIMOD9VOCAB

PHYSICAL SCIENCE MODULE 9 VOCABULARY

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repeating disturbance that transfers energy as it travels through matter or space wave
matter through which a wave travels medium
a wave that can only travel through matter mechanical wave
wave in which the matter in the medium moves perpendicular (at right angles) to the direction of the wave transverse wave
a wave in which the matter in the medium moves parallel to the wave (along the direction that the wave travels) longitudinal wave
highest point of a wave crest
the lowest point on a transverse wave trough
denser region of a longitudinal wave compression
the less-dense region of a longitudinal wave rarefaction
distance between identical points on neighboring waves wavelength
the number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second frequency
the amount of time it takes one complete wave to pass a point period
a measure of the size of the disturbance of a wave; related to the energy that it carries amplitude
a wave striking an object and bouncing off it reflection
the bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another refraction
the bending of waves around an obstacle diffraction
the process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave interferecne
occurs when waves interfere and the resulting wave has an amplitude equal to the sum of the amplitudes of the original waves constructive interference
occurs when waves interfere and the resulting wave has an amplitude equal to the difference of the amplitudes of the original waves destrutctive interference
a wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other; it does not appear to be traveling standing wave
point in a standing wave at which the interfering waves always cancel node
point in a standing wave of maximum displacement at which the interfering waves combine constructively antinode
the apparent change in frequency of a wave due to the motion of an observer relative to the wave's source OR the motion of the source of the wave relative to a stationary observer Doppler Effect
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