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Waves
Vocabulary of Waves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| frequency | number of waves that pass a given point per second |
| period | time for one wave to pass a given point |
| wavelength | distance from crest to crest or trough to trough |
| 343 m/s | speed of sound in room temperature air |
| 300 million m/s | speed of all electromagnetic waves |
| longitudinal wave | sound wave |
| transverse wave | electromagnetic wave |
| compression | more dense area of a longitudinal wave |
| rarefaction | less dense area of a longitudinal wave |
| amplitude | distance from crest to rest position or trough to rest position |