Waves Vocab

Front

Substance a wave travels through?

Back

Medium

Front

Type of wave?

Back

Transverse wave

Front

Cycles per second: ______

Back

Frequency

Front

Time for one cycle to pass: ______

Back

Period

Front

Compressed part of a longitudinal wave?

Back

Compression

Front

Wave requiring a medium to propagate?

Back

Mechanical wave

Front

Spread out part of a longitudinal wave:

Back

Rarefaction

Front

Distance from peak to peak on a wave?

Back

Wavelength

Front

Reinforcement of a natural frequency by an outside force.

Back

Resonance

Front

Only wave type that doesn't need a medium:

Back

Electromagnetic wave