Mechanical Wave Interactions

To take in a liquid, gas or other substance

• reflection

• absorb

• insulation

• barrier

Something that separates one thing from another thing.

• absorb

• dense

• barrier

• engineer

Having a high mass per unit volume

• absorb

• dense

• absorb

• immediately

A person who designs or builds things such as roads, bridges, cars or computers.

• reflection

• dense

• insulation

• engineer

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right away or without delay

• reflection

• absorb

• immediately

• insulation

A material that prevents heat, cold, noise, or electricity from passing through something.

• insulation

• engineer

• reflection

• barrier

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The bouncing of a wave off a surface

• absorption

• dense

• reflection

• diffraction

Tags

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The transfer of energy by a wave to the medium through which it travels.

• absorb

• absorption

• dense

• transmission

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The passage of a wave through a medium.

• barrier

• diffraction

• reflection

• transmission

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The change in direction of a wave when it travels by the edge of an object or through an opening.

• transmission

• diffraction

• absorption

• reflection