Science Vocab

region of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together

• compression

• crest

• energy

• medium

highest point on a transverse wave

• compression

• wave

• tough

• crest

can travel through empty spaces and through matter

• electromagnetic wave

• crest

• energy

• tough

ability to cause change

• energy

• tough

• amplitude

• mechanical wave

makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction of the wave

• wave length

• tough

• longitudinal wave

• energy

travels only through matter

• mechanical wave

• rarefaction

• medium

• energy

material in which a mechanical waves travels

• medium

• tough

• energy

• mechanical wave

region of longitudinal wave where the particles are farther apart

• tough

• rarefaction

• wave

• crest

disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of the wave

• tough

• transverse wave

• energy

• compression

lowest point on a transverse wave

• mechanical wave

• tough

• wave

• energy