MiSTAR 8.3 Unit Review

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

The matter through which waves travel. The matter can be solid, liquid, or a gas (e.g. water or air).

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

A detector of wave energy, which could be natural (ears, eyes) or designed (microphone, camera).

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

A curved shape that can be used to represent a wave.

The top or peak of a wave.

The bottom of a wave.

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

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