Mechanical 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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| The matter through which a mechanical wave travels; can be a solid, liquid, or gas | show 🗑
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| Disturbances that transmits energy through matter | show 🗑
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| The number of crests that pass a certain point in a given amount of time | show 🗑
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| show | Hertz (Hz)
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| show | Compressioin
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| Low pressure area where particles are spread out | show 🗑
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| Particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction the wave moves (think stadium wave) | show 🗑
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| show | Crest
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| show | Trough
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| Particles of the medium vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction the wave moves (think slinky) | show 🗑
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| The distance from one crest to the next crest | show 🗑
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| show | 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 | show 🗑
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| show | Surface Wave
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