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Science Waves

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Wave   A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place  
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Energy   The ability to do work.  
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Medium   A material through which a wave travels.  
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Mechanical Wave   A wave that only travels through a medium.  
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vibration   A repeated back and forth or up and down movement.  
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Transverse Wave   Waves that move a right angles of the rest line.  
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Crest   The high part of a transverse wave.  
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Trough   The low part of a transverse wave.  
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Longitudinal Wave   A wave in which the medium moves parrallel to the rest line.  
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Compression   The part of a longitudinal wave when the molecules are close together.  
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Rarefaction   The part of a longitudinal wave when the molecules ar far apart.  
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Amplitude   The distance from the rest line a crest or trough goes.  
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Wavelength   The distance between to corresponding parts of the wave.  
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Frequency   The number of time a wave passes in a given number of seconds.  
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Hertz   The amount of wavelenghts that pass in one second.  
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Reflection   When a object or wave hits a surface where it cannot pass through, but come back  
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Law of Reflection   The angle of incidence= the angle of reflection  
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Refraction   The bending of waves due to change in speed.  
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Diffration   When a wave bends around or through a barrier and spreads out.  
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Interference   The interaction between two waves that meet.  
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Constructive Interference   When two waves combine to make a higher amplitude.  
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Destructive Interference   When two waves combine to make a smaller amplitude.  
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Standing Wave   A wave that appears to stand in one place when it is two waves passing each other.  
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Node   Points of zero amplitude on a node.  
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Antinode   The points of maximum amplitude on a node.  
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Resonance   An increase in the amplitude of vibration that occurs when external frequencies match the natural frequency.  
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Echo   Sound Waves that reflect when they hit a surface.  
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Elasticity   The ability of an object to bounce back after being disturbed.  
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Density   The amount of matter, or mass in a given space, or volume.  
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Loudness   The perception of energy in a sound.  
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Intensity   The amount of energy a sound carries per second through a unit area.  
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Decibel   The unit for measuring loudness  
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Pitch   The sound how high or low a person percieves of the sound.  
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Ultrasound   Sound waves that have frequincies above the range of the human ear.  
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Infrasound   Sound waves that have frequencies below the range of the human ea  
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Larynx   The part of the throat that produces noise.  
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Doppler Effect   The change in frequencies due to the postion of the observer.  
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Music   A set of notes that when combined are pleasing.  
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Fundamental Tone   The lowest natural frequency of an object.  
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Overtone   The object's higher natural frquency of an object.  
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Acoustics   The study of how sound reacts with the enviornment.  
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Reverberation   The echoes of a sound of heard after the sound of the source stops.  
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Ear Canal   Collects sound waves.  
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Eardrum   A drumlike membrane that vibrates when it hears sound waves.  
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Cochlea   A fluid cavity shaped like a conch shell.  
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Echolocation   The reflection of sound waves to determine the distance of objects.  
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Sonar   Using sound waves the create a picture of objects.  
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Sonogram   Using ultrasound to make a picture.  
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Formula for Frequency   frequency=speed - wavelength  
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Formula for Wavelenght   Wavelenght= speed ----- frequency  
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Formula for Speed   Speed=Frequency x wavelength  
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