Wave vocabulary review

- a disturbance in matter that transfers energy through the matter.

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• amplitude wave

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- is a wave in which particles of the medium vibrate at right angles, or perpendicular, to the direction that the wave travels.

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• surface wave

- a type of mechanical wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction that is parallel to the direction that the wave travels.

• mechanical wave

• parallel wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

- the lowest point of a wave.

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• frequency

- the highest point of a wave.

• crest

• trough

• frequency

• surface wave

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- The matter through which the wave travels.

• wavelength

• frequency

• medium

• trough

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- Distance between two corresponding points of adjacent waves, such as the distance between two adjacent crests of a transverse wave.

• medium

• amplitude

• wavelength

• crest

- The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time.

• wave speed

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

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Why does this apple look red?

• It is absorbing red light

• It is reflecting red light

• It is absorbing all colors, but it absorbs red light better

• It is reflecting all light, but it reflects red light better

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Electromagnetic waves are different from mechanical waves because they can travel through ___________.

• empty space (vacuums)

• matter

• matter and empty space

• mediums

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