Elevate Science Topic 3: Waves and Information

a disturbance that travels in a pattern and carries energy

• crest

• wave

• trough

• amplitude

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the distance from the greatest height of a wave and its resting position

• frequency

• wavelength

• trough

• amplitude

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the distance between similar points on a wave

• amplitude

• wavelength

• wave

• transfer

the number of times a wave repeats itself in a certain amount of time

• amplitude

• longitudinal

• wavelength

• frequency

a wave that moves and carries energy perpendicular to the particles it travels through

• transverse

• longitudinal

• crest

• amplitude

the top point of a transverse wave

• trough

• crest

• wave

• amplitude

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the bottom point of a transverse wave

• crest

• trough

• longitudinal

• amplitude

a wave that moves in the same direction as the particles it travels through

• amplitude

• longitudinal

• transverse

• wavelength

to move from one object to another

• transfer

• wave

• amplitude

• trough

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a line of energy that continues in one direction until it hits an objects

• ray

• refract

• reflect

• system

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