Science Vocabulary - Waves

A wave is a disturbance that transfer energy through matter or space. How do you divide into syllables the word disturbance?

• di-stur-bance

• di-stur-ban- ce

• dis-turb-ance

• dis-tur-bance

A wave is a disturbance that transfer energy through matter or space. How do you divide into syllables the word transfer?

• tran-sfer

• transf-er

• trans-fer

Mechanical waves travel through a medium. How do you divide into syllables the word mechanical?

• me-cha-ni-cal

• me-chan-i-cal

• mech-an-i-cal

• mech-a-ni-cal

Electromagnetic waves travel in a vacuum. How do you divide into syllables the word electromagnetic?

• e-lec-tro-mag-net-ic

• elec-tro-mag-net-ic

• e-lec-tro-mag-ne-tic

• el-e-trom-agn-e-tic

There are two types of waves: transverse and longitudinal. How do you divide into syllables the word transverse?

• tran-sverse

• trans-ver-se

• trans-verse

There are two types of waves: transverse and longitudinal. How do you divide into syllables the word longitudinal?

• long-i-tu-di-nal

• lon-gi-tu-di-nal

• long-i-tud-i-nal

• lon-git-u-di-nal

The properties of the waves are: amplitude, wave length, frequency and wave speed. How do you divide into syllables the word frequency?

• frequen-cy

• freq-uen-cy

• fre-quenc-y

• fre-quen-cy

The four ways that waves interact are: reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference. How do you divide into syllables the word reflection?

• re-flec-tion

• ref-lec-tion

• re-fle-ction

• reflec-tion

The four ways that waves interact are: reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference. How do you divide into syllables the word diffraction?

• di-ffrac-tion

• diff-rac-tion

• dif-frac-tion

• dif-fract-ion

The four ways that waves interact are: reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference. How do you divide into syllables the word interference?

• in-ter-fer-ence

• int-er-fer-ence

• in-ter-fe-rence

• int-er-fe-rence