Section 17.1 Mechanical Waves and Sound Vocab Quiz makeup

a disturbance in matter that carries energy from one place to another

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the material through which a wave travels

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a wave that causes the medium to vibrate at right angles to the direction in which waves travel

the highest point of a transverse wave

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the lowest point of a transverse wave

a wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• mechanical wave

• surface wave

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An area of a longitudinal wave where the particles in a medium are close together

an area of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are spread out

• crest

• rarefaction

• trough

• medium

a wave that travels along a surface separating two media

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