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waves
the study of waves and their properties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Longitude wave | Causes the particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the wave travels. |
| Sound wave | is a longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter. |
| Amplitude | The maximum distance that the wave moves from it's rest position.The maximum distance that the wave moves from it's rest position. |
| Wavelength | The distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave is the wavelength. |
| Frequency | The number of times the pattern repeats in a given time. |