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Mechanical Waves

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The matter through which a mechanical wave travels; can be a solid, liquid, or gas   Medium  
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Disturbances that transmits energy through matter   Mechanical wave  
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The number of crests that pass a certain point in a given amount of time   Freqency  
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Cycles per second, or how many crests pass a certain point per second   Hertz (Hz)  
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High pressure area. Particles of the wave are crowded together   Compressioin  
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Low pressure area where particles are spread out   Rarefaction  
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Particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction the wave moves (think stadium wave)   Transverse Wave  
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The highest point of the wave above the rest position   Crest  
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The lowest point of a wave below the rest position   Trough  
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Particles of the medium vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction the wave moves (think slinky)   Longitudinal Wave  
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The distance from one crest to the next crest   Wavelength (T)  
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The distance from the midpoint to the height of the crest or bottom of the trough   Amplitude  
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The distance from the end of one compression to the end of the next compression or the end of one refraction to the next refraction   Wavelength (L)  
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Particles move both parallel and perpendicular to the motion of the wave and their motion becomes circular   Surface Wave  
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