Waves Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Wave | a repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space |
| Medium | the matter that waves travel through |
| Transverse | matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels |
| Compressional Wave | matter moves back and forth along the same direction that the wave travels, have a rarefaction and compression |
| Seismic Waves | when earths crust shifts or bends, the breaking crust vibrates carrying energy outward |
| Crests | high points of a wave |
| Trough | low points of a wave |
| Rarefaction | less dense region of the wave |
| Amplitude | the height of the wave |
| Frequency | the number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second |
| Period | the amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point |
| Wave Speed | wave speed=frequency(HZ) * wavelength(m) v=f*/\ |
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