Characteristics of Waves
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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| show | A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.
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| show | Material through which a wave travels
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| Transverse | show 🗑
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| Longitudinal | show 🗑
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| Crest | show 🗑
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| Trough | show 🗑
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| show | The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of closer together
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| Rarefaction | show 🗑
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| Amplitude | show 🗑
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| show | The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave
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| Frequency | show 🗑
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| Hertz | show 🗑
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| Sound | show 🗑
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| Loudness | show 🗑
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| show | A description of how high or low a sound seems to a person. It depends upon the frequency of a sound.
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| show | Electromagnetic waves that humans can see
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| Transparent | show 🗑
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| Translucent | show 🗑
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| show | Material that reflects or absorbs all of the light that strikes it
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| show | A lens that is thicker at the center and thinner at the edges
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| show | A lens that is thicker at the edges and thinner at the center
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| show | When a wave hits a surface and it bounces back
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| show | When a wave enters a new medium at an angle, causing the wave to bend
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