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back and forth or up and down movement of an object

• pitch

• sound

• medium

• vibration

Disturbances that carry energy through matter or space

• wind

• sound

• wave

• air

any kind of matter through which a wave can travel.

• wind

• sound

• medium

• air

waves that require medium for their transmission

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

wave that can travel without a medium

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

the particles of the medium move back and forth perpendicular to the direction of the waves

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

the motion of the medium is parallel to the direction of the wave's motion

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

the parts in the spring where the coils are closed together

• compression

• rarefactions

helical spring that can be stretched and made to bounce up and down.

• compression

• rarefactions

• slinky

the parts in the spring where the coils are spread out

• compression

• rarefactions

• slinky