Waves and EM Spectrum (plus review vocab)

Front

Disturbance transferring energy from one place to another.

Back

Wave

Front

Material through which a wave travels

Back

Medium

Front

Less dense region in a compressional wave.

Back

rarefaction

Front

Dense region in a compressional wave.

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Compression

Front

Type of wave where particles move in the same direction as the wave.

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Longitudinal Wave

Front

Type of wave where particles move perpendicular to wave direction.

Back

Transverse Wave

Front

Type of wave causing disturbance in electric and magnetic fields.

Back

Electromagnetic Wave

Front

Measure of how far particles in a medium move from rest position.

Back

Amplitude

Front

Distance from a point on a wave to the same point on the next wave.

Back

Wavelength

Front

Number of wavelengths passing a point per second.

Back

Frequency