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Waves
The study of waves and their properties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Longitudinal wave | The particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the waves travels. |
| Sound wave | A longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter. |
| Amplitude | A wave 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 numbers of times the pattern repeats in a given time. |
| Pitch | The perception of how high or low a sound. |