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waves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are waves? | A disturbance that transfers energy. |
| What is a medium? | Physical enviroment through which a disturbance can travel. |
| Whats the amplitude of a wave? | Maxuimum displacement from eullibruim |
| What is the frequency? | The number of cycles or viberations per unit of time. |
| What's a transverse wave? | A wave whose particles vibrate perpendicular to the direction the wave is travling. |
| What's a compression wave? | A wave whose particles vibrate parallel to the direction the wave is travleing. |
| What's the crest of a wave? | The highest point on the wave |
| What's the trough of a wave? | The lowest point on the wave |
| What waves does an earthquake make? | seismic |