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waves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| waves | traveling disturbance |
| vibration | movement that makes waves |
| medium | material that waves pass through |
| mechanical waves | wave that disturbs the medium |
| electromagnetic waves | waves that don't need a medium |
| crest | high point of a wave |
| trough | low point of a wave |
| amputide | distance to resting point to wave |
| wavelength | crest to crest trough to trough |
| frequency | a number of waves that pass through a point in a certain time |
| transversal wave | wave in motion of a medium that only goes in right angles |
| longitudinal wave | wave that is parallel to the medium |
| surface wave | two different waves that occurred at the surface |
| compression | squeezing together |
| reflection | bounces waves back |
| refraction | wave bending do to speed |
| diffraction | bending around a object |
| interference | interference of a wave at the same time and point |
| standing wave | wave that appears not to be moving |
| resonant wave | the frequency that makes standing waves |