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waves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wave | A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter. |
| mechanical wave | A mechanical wave is a wave that travels only through matter. |
| medium | A material in which travels is called a medium |
| transverse wave | A transverse wave is a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels. |
| longitudinal wave | A longitudinal wave causes the particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the wave travels |
| sound wave | A sound wave is a longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter |
| amplitude | A wave is the maximum distance that the wave makes from its rest position |
| wavelength | The distance between one point on a wave to the same point not he next wave is the wavelength |
| frequency | The frequency of a wave is the number of times the pattern repeats in a given time |
| pitch | the perception of how high or low a sound seem |