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waves
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mechanical waves | The waves you just investigated transferred energy from one place to another without transferring any matter |
| Transverse waves | Two types of mechanical waves are transverse waves and longitudinal waves. |
| Longitudinal waves | you created Longitudinal waves in step 5 if the Lab making waves. |
| sound waves | one can type of Longitudinal wave is a sound wave. |
| A coiled spring toy shows the properties of a longitudinal wave. | |
| Friction between the wing at sea and water forms water waves. | |
| Amplitude | The amplitude of a wave is the maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position. |
| Intensity | Intensity is the amount sound energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second. |
| Wavelength | You measured transverse waves from one crest to the next one from trough to the next in the Lab Ride the Wave. |
| Frequency | The frequency of a wave is the number of times the pattern repeats in a given time. |