Vocab Set #12: Unit 4 Waves 1

The transfer of energy from a wave to a medium.

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Rarefaction

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A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly (Up and down or side to side) to the direction the wave is traveling.

• Compressional Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Ocean Wave

A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart.

• Compression

• Rarefaction

• Squish

• Stretch

The lowest point of a wave.

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Trough

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Hertz

Any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space.

• Energy

• Waves

• Force

• Matter

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The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Reverberation

• Reflection

The bounding back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.

• Rarefaction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Diffraction

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Matter through which a wave travels

• Matter

• Medium

• Density

• Mass

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The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Rarefaction

• Diffraction

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