science vocab 4 Word Scramble
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wave | a periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium |
medium | a physical environment in which phenomena occur |
mechanical wave | a wave that needs a medium in which to travel |
transverse wave | a wave in which the particle of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling |
longitude wave | a wave in which the particle of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion |
compression | part of the longitudinal wave where the particles bunch up closer together |
rarefraction | part of the longitudinal wave in which the particle expand and move apart |
electromagnetic wave | a wave that consists of electric and magnetic fields that vibrate at right angles to each other |
reflection | the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that is does not go though |
refraction | the bending of a wave as the wave passes between the two substances in which the speed of the wave differs |
diffraction | a change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an edge, such as an opening |
transmission | the passing of light or other of energy through matter |
absorption | in optics, the transfer of light energy to particles of matter |
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