Waves Vocabulary
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8th Grade
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a transverse wave?
Back
A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is a mechanical wave?
Back
A wave that requires a medium through which to travel.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is wavelength?
Back
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is an electromagnetic wave?
Back
Transverse waves that transfer electrical and magnetic energy.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is a longitudinal (compression) wave?
Back
A wave that moves a medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is amplitude?
Back
The maximum distance that the medium moves from its rest position in a wave.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is a wave?
Back
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.
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