Waves Vocab Review

Least dense part of compressional wave

• rarefaction

• compression

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

A wave for which the matter in the medium moves back and forth along the direction that the wave travels

• transverse wave

• longitudal wave

• standing wave

• wavelength

lowest point of a transverse wave

• rarefaction

• compression

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

Wave pattern that forms when waves of equal

wavelength and amplitude but traveling in opposite directions, continuously

interfere with each other

• standing wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• vibration

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Number of waves that pass a fixed point each second

• period

• wavlength

• refraction

• frequency

Repeating disturbance or movement that

transfers energy through matter or space

• vibration

• standing wave

• wave

• resonance

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Bending of a wave as it changes speed in moving from one direction to another

• refraction

• diffraction

• reflection

• resonance

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Distance between one point of a wave and the nearest point just like it

• period

• frequency

• wavelength

• resonance

• medium

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Matter in which waves travel

• period

• medium

• vibration

• energy

• mechanical wave

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The amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a fixed point

• period

• frequency

• speed

• amplitude

• wavelength

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