Intro to Waves

a disturbance caused by energy moving through a system in a cyclical pattern

• Wave

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Speed

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high point of a wave

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

Low point of a wave

• crest

• trough

• Amplitude

• wavelength

Height of a wave above the centerline

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

How fast the wave is moving through a medium

• wave speed

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

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Number of waves passing a given point in a certain amount of time, measured in Hertz (Hz)

• wavelength

• frequency

• amplitude

• wave speed

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Distance between points where the wave begins to repeat itself

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

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The way waves travel

• propagation

• wave speed

• frequency

• transportation

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Wave that vibrates in the direction of its propagation

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• light wave

• green wave

Waves that propagate through the earth due to a geologic disturbance like an earthquake

• seismic waves

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

• light waves