Waves 6.P.1.1 Vocabulary

What is a wave?

• Any disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.

• A substance through which a wave can travel (solid, liquid, or gas).

• Thermal Energy

• Heat Energy

Which definition best defines the word, medium?

• A form of matter that is only a solid.

• A substance through which a wave can travel (solid, liquid, or gas).

• A substance that is dissolved into another substance.

• A form of matter.

A longitudinal wave is...

• A wave that has potential energy.

• A wave that has light energy.

• Waves in which the particles vibrate back and forth in compressional pulses.

• A wave that does not vibrate back and forth.

Transverse waves are....

• longitudinal waves..

• sound waves..

• Waves that does not have a crest, trough, or amplitude.

• Waves in which the particles vibrate in an up and down motion. (Example: Light Waves)

An electromagnetic wave is...

• A wave that does not need a medium to travel through. (Example: light waves, x-rays, microwaves)

• A wave that does need a medium to travel. (Example: sound waves, earthquake waves (seismic waves).

• A wave that gives off thermal energy.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is a mechanical wave?

• Waves that does not need a medium to travel through.

• Waves that need a medium to travel through. (Example: sound waves, and earthquake waves (seismic waves).

• Waves that are soluble.

• Waves that are insoluble.

Wavelength (a physical property of waves) is...

• The basic building blocks of life.

• The chemical makeup of atoms.

• The distance between two crests or troughs.

• The total speed of the wave's motion.

Wave speed is..

• The amount of energy released from a cell.

• A form of matter.

• The ability to dissolve substances.

• Speed at which waves travel through a medium (solid, liquid or gas).

What is the meaning of the word, crest?

• The highest or top of a wave.

• The lowest or bottom of a wave.

• The name of toothpaste people use.

• The amount of density inside an object.

What is a disturbance?

• A traveling form of energy moving throughout matter and space.

• When someone is loud and rude.

• When your teacher gives you a bad grade.