Chapter 11 Vocab

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

• Wave

• Energy

• Crest

• Vibration

Ability to do work

• Energy

• Wave

• Medium

• Crest

Material through which a wave travels

• Medium

• Wave

• Amplitude

• Hertz (HZ)

Waves that require a medium to travel

• Mechanical Wave

• Medium Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Waves

Repeated back and forth/up and down motion

• Vibration

• Medium

• Energy

• Compression

Waves that move at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Waves

• Wavelength

• Frequency

High part of wave

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

Low point of a wave

• Trough

• Crest

• Reflection

• Diffraction

Moves the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves travel

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Law of Reflection

• Standing Wave

Part of wave that is close together

• Compression

• Rarefraction

• Amplitude

• Wavelength