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What is a wave?   A wave is vibration of a medium.  
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What is medium?   Medium is the material through which a wave can travel.  
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What is a transverse wave?   A transverse wave is a wave that moves perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels.  
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What is the crest?   The crest is the highest points in a wave.  
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What is the trough?   The trough is the lowest points in a wave.  
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What is a longitudinal wave?   A longitudinal wave is a wave vibrating in the direction of the motion of the wave.  
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What is compression?   Compression is when a wave tightens or compresses.  
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What is rarefaction?   Rarefaction is when a wave spreads out.  
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What are mechanical waves?   Mechanical waves are waves the require a medium.  
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What are electromagnetic waves?   Electromagnetic waves are waves that travel without a medium.  
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What is amplitude?   Amplitude is how far the partials in the medium move from it's rest position.  
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What is a wavelength?   A wavelength is any point on a way to the next identical point on the same wave.  
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What is frequency?   Frequency is the number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time.  
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What is hertz? (Hz)   Hertz is what the frequency is measured in.  
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What is wave speed?   Wave speed is the speed that waves travel at.  
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What is the equation for wave speed?   Hertz times wavelength.  
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What is force? What is the measurement unit for force?   Force is a push or pull applied on an object in order to change the motion of the abject. Force = Newtons  
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What is work?   Work is the use of force to move an object some distance.  
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What is the equation for work? What is the measurement unit for work?   Force times distance = work (joules)  
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What is power?   Power is the amount of work you have done divided by how long it took you to do it.  
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What is the equation for power? What is the measurement unit for power?   Work divided by distance = power (watts)  
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If 200 Joules of work are needed to move a bike a distance of 10 meters, what is the weight of the bike?   200/10 or 200 divided by 10 = 20 Newtons This bike weighs 20 Newtons.  
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If 50 Joules of work were needed to move a 2 Newton book, how far was the book moved?   50/2 or 50 divided by 2 = 25 meters The book was moved 25 meters.  
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How much time is needed to produce 800 Joules of work if 20 watts of power is used?   800/20 or 800 divided by 20 = 40 seconds  
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If 50 W of power is produced in 10 seconds, how much work is done?   50/10 or 50 divided by 10 = 5 Joules  
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How does work relate to force?   Force is in the equation for work.  
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When is work used?   Work is used when you want to find how much power you have done.  
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How does time relate to work?   Time relates to work because work divided by time will equal power.  
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How are the crest and trough similar?   Both the crest and trough are points of a wave measuring how high or low the wave goes.  
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Can a wave travel through a medium that is a liquid?   Yes, the wave might go slower than going though a gas but it can still go through a liquid.  
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Does a electromagnetic wave require a medium?   No, electromagnetic waves travel with out a medium. Examples of electromagnetic waves are ultraviolet waves, radio waves, and many more types of waves.  
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