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Waves
The study of waves and their properties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Longitudinal | wave causes a particle in a medium to move |
| Sound wave | is a longitudinal wave that can only travel through matter |
| Wave | Is a disturbance that transfers energy |
| Mechanical wave | Can travel through solids. liquids, and gassed |
| Medium | A material in witch waves travels |
| Transverse wave | A wave in witch the disturbance is perpendicular |
| Frequency | Waves have another property called |
| Wave length | between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave. |
| Pitch | How high or low around second |