Unit 5 Review

Top of a transverse wave

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Crest

Bottom of a transverse wave

• Crest

• Trough

• Frequency

• Wavelength

The measurement of the distance the particles move from the resting point of the wave

• Wavelength
• Frequency
• Amplitude
• Crest

The measurement from one point of the wave to the next identical part of the wave (for example, crest to crest or trough to trough)

• Crest
• Amplitude
• Frequency
• Wavelength

The number of times a wave passes a certain point in a set period of time

• Frequency
• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Amplength

The full range of electromagnetic radiation from radio waves (longest wavelengths) to gamma rays (shortest wavelengths)

• Sound Waves

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Longitudinal Waves

Another word for matter (solid, liquid, or gas) is...

• Medium

• Wavelength

What is transferred in waves?

• Energy

• Objects

• Magic

• Light

In a transverse wave, how do the particles move?

• They don't move

• Sideways (Parallel)

• Up and down (Perpendicular)

Which one shows the amplitude of a wave?

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