Wave Basics and Parts

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel.

• mechanical

• wavelength

• crest

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A form of energy that can move through the vacuum of space. Does NOT need a medium to travel.

• medium

• electromagnetic wave

• ocean wave

• compression wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Material through which a wave travels. (solid, liquid, or gas)

• transverse

• crest

• medium

• compression

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular (up & down) to the direction in which the wave travels

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• compression wave

• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel (back & forth) to the direction the wave travels.

• amplitude

• transverse wave

• crest

• longitudinal/compressional wave

The maximum distance a wave vibrates from its rest position.

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Highest point of a transverse wave.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• crest

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The lowest point of a transverse wave.

• crest

• amplitude

• wavelength

• trough

Horizontal distance between the crests or between the troughs of two adjacent waves.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• crest

• trough

the vertical distance from the crest of a transverse wave to the trough

• wave trough

• wave height

• wavelength

• wave crest

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1