Wave Vocabulary for Test
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Wave | traveling disturbance that carries energy from one place to another
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| Vibration | Movement that follows the same path over and over again
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| Transverse Wave | A wave in which the motion of the medium is at right angles to the direction of the wave
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| Longitudinal wave | A wave in which the motion of the medium is parallel to the direction of the wave
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| Surface Wave | Wave that consists of a combination of transverse and longitudinal waves and occurs at the surface between two different mediums
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| Medium | Material through which a mechanical wave travels
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| Angle of Reflection | The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpindicular to the surface of the new medium
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| Angle of Incidence | The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpindicular to the surface of the new medium
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| Law of Reflection | States that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence
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| Electromagnetic wave | Wave that consists of electric and magnetic fields and does not require a medium to exist
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| Reflection | bouncing back of waves upon reading another surface
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