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waves vocabulary
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- 1vibrationmovement that follows the same path repeaditly gives waves their energy
- 2wavesa travelling didturbance that carries energy from one place to another
- 3cresthighest point peak of a tranverse wave
- 4troughlowest point of a tranverse wave
- 5amplitudethe greatest movement from the resting position the greater the amplitude the greater the energy
- 6wavelengththe distance between 2 consecutive crests or trough
- 7compressionwhen the crests of a longitudinal wave are close together
- 8rarefractionwhen the crests of a longitudinal are spread far apart
- 9frequencythe number of waves passing per second
- 10mechanical waveswaves that travel through a medium
- 11longitudinalmove in and out as a series of compression and rarefractions
- 12tranverse wavesvibrates up and down to right to left
- 13surface wavesmove in circular motion
- 14electromagnetic waveslight waves that do not require a medium to travel through
- 15mediumthe matter solid liquid or gas through which a mechnaical wave travels through
- 16vacuumempty space the absence of matter
- 17light wavestransverse waves which are the only electromagnetic waves
- 18sound wavesthe disturbance that travels through a medium
- 19electromagnetic spectrumthe electromagnetic spectrum is made up of transverse waves
- 20reflectionwhen waves bounce off of each other
- 21refractionthe bending of waves as it goes through a different
- 22loudnessthe perception of how much energy is in a wave
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- 6th Grade 6th Grade Science Fichas sobre waves vocabulary, creado por Brandon Andersen el 09/02/2018.
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