Lesson 1 and 2 Vocabulary

Front

What is a wave pulse?

Back

A wave made of a single disturbance that does not repeat.

Front

What is the definition of frequency?

Back

The number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.

Front

What is a medium in the context of waves?

Back

The matter that a mechanical wave travels through.

Front

What is the definition of wave relationship?

Back

A mathematical description of how waves interact with each other.

Front

Fill in the blank: A wave in which particles of matter move back and forth are called ______.

Back

Mechanical wave.

Front

What is a transverse wave?

Back

A wave in which particles move perpendicular to the direction of the wave.

Front

What is a longitudinal wave?

Back

A wave in which particles move parallel to the direction of the wave.

Front

What is amplitude in a wave?

Back

The height of a wave from its rest position.

Front

What is wavelength?

Back

The distance between two consecutive peaks of a wave.

Front

What is wave speed?

Back

The speed at which a wave travels through a medium.