Mi-STAR 8.3 Vocab

A disturbance that travels through a medium, transporting energy from place to place without transporting matter.

• Medium

• Receiver

• Wave

• Source

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The matter through which waves travel. The matter can be solid, liquid, or a gas.

• Medium

• Wave

• Source

• Receiver

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The energy input to the system which causes the wave disturbance, The location of the originating energy.

• Wave

• Receiver

• Medium

• Source

A detector of wave energy, which could be natural or designed.

• Wave

• Receiver

• Source

• Medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The position of the particles in the medium when they are undisturbed by energy.

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Rest Position

• Trough

• Wavelength

The top or peak of a wave.

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Rest Position

• Trough

• Wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The bottom of a wave.

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Rest Position

• Trough

• Wavelength

A measure of the distance from the rest position to the crest (or trough).

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Rest Position

• Trough

• Wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The distance between one wave crest and the next, or any other similar point along the wave.

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Rest Position

• Trough

• Wavelength

The number of waves passing by a certain point, such as a receiver, per second.

• Absorption

• Frequency

• Reflection

• Transmission