Waves Vocab

When energy from a wave gets transmitted to the medium/matter it tries to flow through.

• Absorbed

• Reflected

• Transmitted

• Refracted

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When a wave bounces off of a medium.

• Absorbed

• Reflected

• Transmitted

• Refracted

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The movement of waves through a medium.

• Absorbed

• Reflected

• Transmitted

• Refracted

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The distance from rest to crest (or top) of a wave.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

 The number of times per second that the wave cycles (or repeats).

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

 The distance between two waves.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

waves that can travel without a medium.

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

 waves that NEED a medium to travel

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

A wave that vibrates in the direction it is moving.

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

 A wave that vibrates 90 degrees to the direction it’s moving.

• Longitudinal

• Transverse