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waves
The study of waves and propeties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wave | a disturbance that transfers energy onen place to another without matter |
| mechanical wave | only travels through matter |
| medium | a material in which waves travels is called a medium |
| transverse wave | a wave in which the disturbances is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels. |
| longitudinal wave | a longitudinal wave causes particles in a medium to move particles the direction the waves travel |
| sound wave | a wave that can travel through matter |
| amplitude | is the maximum distance that the 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 given time. |
| pitch | how low or high the sound is |