Waves

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What is a wave?

Back

A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.

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What are the two main types of waves?

Back

Transverse waves and longitudinal waves.

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What is a crest in a wave?

Back

The highest point of a wave.

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What is a trough in a wave?

Back

The lowest point of a wave.

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What is amplitude in a wave?

Back

The maximum distance from the resting point to the crest or trough.

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What is the resting point of a wave?

Back

The baseline position of the medium when there is no wave.

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What is a transverse wave?

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A wave in which the medium moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave.

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What is a longitudinal wave?

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A wave in which the medium moves parallel to the direction of the wave.

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What is an electromagnetic wave?

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A wave that can travel through matter and empty space, such as light.

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What is refraction?

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The bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another.