Waves

A _________ is a disturbance that carries energy from place to place.

• Wave
• Friction
• Gravity
• Planet

Some waves MUST have a medium in order to move. These are called _______________.

• mechanical Waves
• EM Waves
• Electric
• Electromagnetic Waves

Some waves do not need matter (called a “medium”) to be able to move (for example, through space).-These are called _______________ (or EM waves).

• Electromagnetic waves
• Ocean Waves
• Sound Waves
• Seismic Waves

______________ Waves in which the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave

• transverse waves
• Longitudinal waves
• compressional waves
• Waves of Fun

_________ is the highest point of the wave

• Crest
• Trough
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

___________ is How far the medium moves from rest position 

• Crest
• Trough
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

__________ is the lowest point of the wave

• Trough
• Crest
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

1,000 waves go past in 1 second = _________Hz

• 1,000 Hz
• 1 Hz
• 10 Hz
• 1 million Hz

_________________ (or longitudinal) waves:  Waves in which the medium moves back and forth in the same direction as the wave

• Compressional
• Transverse

___________ where the particles are close together

• Compression
• Rarefaction