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class 713 waves
words and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Waves | Need a medium to travel through. |
| Medium | Matter or a substance. |
| Seismic Waves | Earthquake waves. |
| Transverse Waves | Particles vibrate at right angles to the direction the wave is traveling. |
| Crest | High point of a wave. |
| Trough | Low point of a wave. |
| Amplitude | Height of the wave, energy in the wave. |
| Wavelenght | Lenght of a wave. |
| Frequency | Speed of a wave. |
| Compressional Waves | Particles vibrate back and forth in the same direction the wave is traveling. |