Waves Unit Vocabulary

a unit used to measure the frequency of a wave. This unit means "one cycle per second" and is named after Mr. Heinrich Rudolf ________

• McDonald

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Hertz

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A measure of how many wavelengths pass a point each second

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Wave speed

• Frequency

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Half the distance between a crest and a trough. (#1 in the picture)

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Frequency

• Length

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The complete range/all of electromagnetic wave frequencies and wavelengths

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Wavelength Spectrum

• Ultraviolet waves

• Compressional waves

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The highest point of a TRANSVERSE wave

• Trough

• Crest

• Amplitude

• The top

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The lowest point of a TRANSVERSE wave

• Crest

• Trough

• Reflection

• The bottom

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Waves that make matter in the medium (solid, liquid or gas) move back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travels.

Think of making waves with a jump rope.

• Compressional Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Vertical Wave

• Frequency

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The distance between one point in a wave and the closest point just like it.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Compressional Wave

• Medium

A disturbance that moves through matter and space and carries energy

• Medium

• Movement

• Waves

• Refraction

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a type of wave where matter in the medium moves back and forth in the same direction the wave travels.

Think of a slinky being compressed and released.

• Transverse wave

• Compressional wave

• Refraction

• Electromagnetic wave

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