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Wave properties: transverse, longitudinal, amplitude and speed
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- 1WaveA disturbance that transfers
energy from place to place - 2EnergyThe ability to do work
- 3MediumThe material through which
a wave travels - 4Mechanical waveA wave that requires a medium
through which to travel - 5VibrationA repeted back and forth
or up and down motion - 6Transverse waveA wave that moves across in one direction
- 7Longitudinal waveThe particles of the medium move
parallel to the direction
that the wave is travelling - 8surface wavesOccur at the surface between 2
mediums; particles
move in a circular motion;
combinations of transverse
and longitudinal waves - 9AmplitudeThe maximum distance the medium
carrying the wave moves away
from rest position; how big the wave is - 10Longitudinal waveslook at the compression; the greater
the compression, the louder the sound - 11wave lengththe distance between 2 corresponding
parts of a wave - 12frequencythe number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
- 13hertzwhat frequency is measured in
- 14speedhow far a wave travels in one unit of time
- 15rateDistance/time
- 16Common units of measurementmph,
km/h,
km/sec - 17reflectionwhen an object or wave hits a surface through which it cannot pass, it bounces back
- 18refractionwhen a wave moves from one medium into another medium at an angle, it changes speed in the second medium, which causes it to bend.
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