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William Welke- Waves

all the things that characterise a wave

AnswerQuestion
Crest The highest displacement of an wave
Transverse curvy wave with right angles
Longitudinal Straight wave with compressions and refractions
Trough The lowest displacement of an wave
Amplitude the mesurement of displacement- from crest/trough to starting line
Reflection Waves bouncing off a medium, loosing some energy
Destructive interference when two waves cancel each other
interferance when a wave is made or when two wave collide
constructive interferance When two waves collide and get louder
Wavelength The Point where the wave repeats itself
Hertzs Frequency is measured in...
medium What sound waves travel through
Refraction When a wave changes because the speed it can travel through an object changes
Difraction When a wave changes because of a barrier or corner
wave a disturbance in energy
Mechanical energy is created when... Energy causes medium to move
Hertz Wavelength times ____ = velocity
mechanical waves are classified by... how it moves
Why can you see the explosion before you feel the shockwave light is faster than sound
Mechanical waves travel through a medium by... energy from particle to particle
ressonanance occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object’s natural frequency
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