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Peters Ch. 25 vocab

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1. vibration   show
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2. wave   show
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3. period   show
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show the back and forth vibratory motion of a swinging pendulum  
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5. sine curve   show
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show the high points on a wave  
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show the low points on the wave  
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show the distance from the mmidpoint to the crest of the wave. is the maximum displacement from equilibrium  
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9. wavelength   show
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show the number of vibrations an object makes ina unit of time .  
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11. hertz   show
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12. transverse wave   show
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show a wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling, rather than at right angles to it  
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14. interference wave   show
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15. constructive interference   show
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show combination of waves where crests of one wave overlap troughs of another, resulting in a wave of decreased amplitued  
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17. out of phase   show
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18. in phase   show
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show wave in which parts of the wave remainstationary and the wave appears not to be traveling. the result of interference between an incident ( an original ) wave and reflected wave.  
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show a part of a wave that remains stationary  
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21. antinodes   show
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22. doppler effect   show
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23. blue shift   show
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show decrease in frequency  
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show when crests overlap at the edges, the pattern made by these overlapping crest in a V shape  
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26. shock wave   show
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show the sharp cracked heardwhen the shock wave that sweepsbehind a supersonic aircraft reaches the listeners, this is what we hear.  
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