Waves and EM Spectrum (plus review vocab)

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.

• Wave

• Medium

• Frequency

• Hertz

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The material through which a wave travels

• Wave

• Medium

• Frequency

• Hertz

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The less dense region in a compressional wave.

• Medium

• trough

• crest

• rarefaction

Dense region in a compressional wave.

• Medium

• Rarefaction

• Compression

• Amplitude

Type of wave where the particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Rarefactions

• Electromagnetic Waves

Type of wave where the particles move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Rarefaction

• Sound Wave

Type of wave that causes a disturbance in the electric and magnetic fields.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Compressional Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

A measure of how far the particles in a medium move away from their normal rest position.

• Wavelength

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Crest

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Wave Period

The number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second.

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Hertz

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1