Waves

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What does it mean to transmit?

Back

To send information or signals from one place to another.

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What is the crest of a wave?

Back

The highest point of a wave.

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What is the trough of a wave?

Back

The lowest point of a wave.

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What is wavelength?

Back

The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave.

Front

What does it mean to digitize information?

Back

To convert information into a digital code.

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What is amplitude in a wave?

Back

The height of the wave from the rest position to the crest.

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What is a wave?

Back

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.

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What are sound waves?

Back

Waves that travel through air (or other mediums) and are perceived as sound.

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What are light waves?

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Electromagnetic waves that are visible to the human eye.

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What is frequency in relation to waves?

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