Waves

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What is transferred from place to place by waves?

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Energy

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Which device emits light waves?

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Light bulb

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What is the distance between two peaks of a wave called?

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Wavelength

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What device emits sound waves?

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Phone

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What does amplitude represent in a wave?

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The maximum displacement of points on a wave from its rest position.

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What is the frequency of a wave?

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The number of waves that pass a point in one second.

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What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

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They are inversely related; as wavelength increases, frequency decreases.

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What type of wave requires a medium to travel through?

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Mechanical wave.

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What is the speed of a wave?

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The distance traveled by a wave in a given amount of time.

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What is a transverse wave?

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A wave in which the motion of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the wave.