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Waves Vocabulary
properties of waves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wave | disturbance that moves through matter or space |
| energy | a force having the power to make things move or do work |
| medium | material through which a wave travels |
| frequency | number of wavelengths that pass a given point in one second |
| amplitude | for a transverse wave, one half the distance between the crest and trough |
| wavelength | distance between a point on one wave and the same point on the next wave |
| refraction | change in direction of a wave when it changes speed as it travels from one material into another |
| reflection | something that is turned back from a surface |
| transverse | mechanical wave that causes particles in matter to move at right angles to the direction the wave travels |
| compressional | mechanical wave that causes particles in matter to move back and forth along the direction the wave travels |
| transmission | the process of sending along |