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Waves
The study of waves and their proprieties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Waves | Is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter. |
| mechanical wave | Is a wave that travels only through matter. |
| medium | A material in which a wave travels . |
| transverse wave | Is a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels. |
| sound wave | |
| longitudinal wave | Where the particles I the medium are closest together are compressions. |
| pitch | The perception of how high or low a sound seems |
| amplitude | is the maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position |
| wavelength | you measure transverse waves from one crest to the next and from one trough to the next |
| frequency | the number of time a pattern repeats in a given time |