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Waves
the study of waves and the properties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| waves | A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another |
| mechanical wave | A wave that travels only through matter |
| medium | A material in which a wave travels |
| transverse wave | A wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels |
| sound wave | A longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter |
| amplitude | A maximum distance that a wave moves from its rest position |
| Wavelength | The distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave |
| Frequency | The number of times the pattern repeats in a given time. |
| Pitch | The perception of how high or a low a sound stems |
| Intensity | The amount of sound energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second. |
| longitudinal wave | A wave that causes the particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the waves travels |
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