Waves Review

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What is a transverse wave?

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A type of mechanical wave in which wave energy causes the matter in the medium to move up and down or back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travels.

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What happens during reflection of a wave?

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When a wave strikes an object or surface and bounces off.

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What is a mechanical wave?

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Waves that use matter to transmit energy.

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What is the crest of a wave?

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The highest point of a transverse wave.

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What does disturbance mean in the context of waves?

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A vibration or change in the medium that carries the wave.

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What is a compressional wave?

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A type of mechanical wave where matter in the medium moves back and forth in the same direction as the wave travels.

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What is refraction?

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The bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another, changing its speed.

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What is diffraction?

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The spreading out of waves when they pass through an opening or around obstacles.

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What is the trough of a wave?

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The lowest point of a transverse wave.

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What is wave amplitude?

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The maximum distance that the particles of a medium move from their rest position when a wave passes.