Vocabulary/Waves Word Scramble
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Term | Definitionhttp://www.studystac |
Waves | Rhythmic disturbance waves transfer NEVER matter. |
Mechanical | Canno't travel through space. |
Electromagnetic | Can travel through space |
Transverse | Matter moves at right angles to the direction of the wave. |
Crest | The very top of a wave |
Wavelength | The length of a wave |
Trough | The bottom of the wave |
Amplitude | The middle of the wave |
Compression | Matter moves in the same direction as energy |
Rarefaction | The far apart of one wave |
Longitudina | Matter moves in the same direction as energry |
reflected | throw back without absorbing it |
absorbed | intensely engaged; engrossed. |
transmitted | cause (something) to pass on from one place or person to another. |
opaque | not able to be seen through; not transparent. |
translucent | allowing light, but not detailed images, to pass through; semitransparent. |
transparent | allowing light, but not detailed images, to pass through; semitransparent. |
baseline | a starting point |
transmit | To send (a signal), as by wire or radio |
absorb | To take up or occupy |
Nuclear reactions | a process in which the structure and energy content of an atomic nucleus are changed by interaction with another nucleus or particle |
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