rhythmic disturbance that moves through a medium or vacuum

• wave

• wavelength

• seismic waves

• transverse waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as from crest to crest

• wavelength

• amplitude

• compression

• rarefaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Lowest part of a wave

• trough

• crest

• amplitude

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Highest part of a wave

• crest

• trough

• wave

• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the height of a wave from the origin to the crest

• amplitude

• wavelength

• compression

• rarefaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a denser, tightly packed region of a longitudinal wave

• compression

• rarefaction

• amplitude

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The less dense, more spread out region of a longitudinal wave

• rarefaction

• compression

• wavelength

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Waves of energy that provide us with the visible light spectrum (the colors we see)

• light waves

• sound waves

• seismic waves

• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

waves of energy that travel through the Earth and are the result of an earthquake, volcano, or explosion

• seismic waves

• light waves

• sound waves

• longitudinal waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

waves of energy made by vibrations; require a medium (air, water, or solids) to travel

• sound waves

• seismic waves

• light waves

• transverse waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1