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Sound/waves

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Vibration   A repeating back and forth motion  
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Crest   The highest point of a wave  
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Trough   The lowest point of a wave  
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Doppler   The effect that describes the apparent change in frequency of a moving source  
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compressional   When energy moves by compressing the energy in the same direction as the wave travels  
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Period   The time it takes for one wave to pass by a fixed point  
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Frequency   The amount of waves that travel by a fixed point in a certain period of time  
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Hertz   1 wave per second  
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Transverse   Type of wave where the energy travels perpendicular to direction of motion.  
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Wavelength   Distance from one point on a wave to the next identical point  
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Medium   substance that the wave travels through  
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Amplitude   The amount of energy a wave has  
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Decreases   As wavelength increases frequency generally __________  
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Red   As galaxies move away they create a ______ shift in the electromagnetic spectrum  
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Blue   as galaxies move towards us they create a _____ shift in the electromagnetic spectrum  
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