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Science chapter 1 study stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place? | wave |
| Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to? | vibrate |
| The speed of a wave is its wavelength multiplied by its? | frequency |
| The bending of waves due to a change in speed is called? | refraction |
| The bending of waves around the edge of a barrier is called? | defraction |
| The interaction between two waves that meet is called? | Interference |
| Waves combine to make a wave with a larger amplitude in a process is called? | Constructive interference |
| When an incoming wave combines with a reflected wave in such a way that the combined wave appears to be standing still is? | Standing wave |
| What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object’s natural frequency? | Resonance |
| How do mechanical waves travel through a medium? | Sound |
| Mechanical waves are classified according to | Transverse and/or longitudinal waves |
| Frequency is measured in units called | Hertz/HZ |
| When a wave hits a surface through which it CANNOT pass and bounces back, it undergoes | Reflection |
| Waves combine to produce a smaller or zero-amplitude wave in a process called | Destructive interference |
| Why do you see lightning from a distant storm before you hear thunder? | Light travels faster than sound |
| Compressions and rarefactions are characteristic of what type of wave? | Longitudinal wave |
| The distance between two consecutive crests of a wave is called the | Wavelength |
| V=Wavelenght x Frequency | |
| Wavelength=Velocity or Speed/Frequency | |
| Frequency= Velocity/Wavelength | |
| Highest point on a wave is | Crest |
| The lowest point on a wave is | Trough |
| The distance between the line and the top or bottom of the wave is | Amplitude |
| The distance between the top of two waves is | Wavelength |
| The measure of a number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time is | Frequency |