Sound/waves Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Vibration | A repeating back and forth motion |
| Crest | The highest point of a wave |
| Trough | The lowest point of a wave |
| Doppler | The effect that describes the apparent change in frequency of a moving source |
| compressional | When energy moves by compressing the energy in the same direction as the wave travels |
| Period | The time it takes for one wave to pass by a fixed point |
| Frequency | The amount of waves that travel by a fixed point in a certain period of time |
| Hertz | 1 wave per second |
| Transverse | Type of wave where the energy travels perpendicular to direction of motion. |
| Wavelength | Distance from one point on a wave to the next identical point |
| Medium | substance that the wave travels through |
| Amplitude | The amount of energy a wave has |
| Decreases | As wavelength increases frequency generally __________ |
| Red | As galaxies move away they create a ______ shift in the electromagnetic spectrum |
| Blue | as galaxies move towards us they create a _____ shift in the electromagnetic spectrum |
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