Waves and EMR Vocab

Any disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• Wave

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

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A wave that travels through matter.

• Mechanical wave

• Transverse

• Longitudinal wave

• Electromagnetic

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A wave that travels perpendicular to the direction of the source's motion.

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Mechanical wave

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A wave that travels in the same direction as the vibrations that produce it.

• Longitudinal wave

• Mechanical wave

• Transverse wave

• Electromagnetic wave

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Wave

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The number of times a wave repeats in a given amount of time.

• Amplitude

• Wave

• Frequency

• Wavelength

The bouncing of a wave headed in a different direction.

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Absurption

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The bending of waves due to a change of speed.

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

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The energy of the waves is transferred to the material it encounters.

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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Made up of vibrating electric and magnetic fields that can move through space at the speed of light.

• Electricmagnetic wave

• trsansverse wave

• Mechanical wave

• Longitudinal wave

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