Waves, Energy & Information Unit Vocabulary

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What does it mean to share information?

Back

To communicate.

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What is it called when you make a picture in your mind using information from different sources?

Back

To visualize.

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What is a curved line that shows the pattern of a wave called?

Back

Waveform.

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What do we call it when two or more things bump into each other?

Back

Collision.

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What is something that we observe to be similar over and over again?

Back

Pattern.

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What is the term for the distance between two peaks of a wave?

Back

Wavelength.

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What do we call the height of a wave from its rest position?

Back

Amplitude.

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What is the process of moving back and forth quickly called?

Back

Vibrate.

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What is a way to represent information visually?

Back

Model.

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What is the term for a source of energy that travels in waves?

Back

Wave.