Waves Vocabulary

Front

What is the process by which waves pass through a substance?

Back

Transmit

Front

What is the ability to do work?

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Energy

Front

What does it mean to transcribe information into another form?

Back

Encode

Front

What is the process by which a substance changes the direction of a wave?

Back

Reflect

Front

What is a changing quantity or impulse whose variations represent information?

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Signal

Front

What is the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave?

Back

Wavelength

Front

What is the maximum height of a wave from its rest position?

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Amplitude

Front

What is the number of waves that pass a point in a given period of time?

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Frequency

Front

What is the term for the bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another?

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Refraction

Front

What is the term for the energy carried by a wave?

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Wave Energy