Topic 8 Vocabulary

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Medium

• Electromagnetic radiation

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A wave that requires a medium through which to travel.

• Mechanical Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Wavelength

The material through which a wave travels.

• Medium

• Electromagnetic Radiation

• Mechanical Wave

• Frequency

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The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves.

• Electromagnetic Radiation

• Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Transverse Wave

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A wave that moves the medium at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels.

• Transverse Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Wave

The maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a longitudinal wave passes through the medium.

• Amplitude

• Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Mechanical Wave

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A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Wavelength

• Mechanical Wave

• Transverse Wave

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as the distance between two crests.

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Transverse Wave

• Mechanical Wave

The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.

• Frequency

• Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Amplitude

The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Resonance

• Diffraction

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