Mechanical & Sound Waves Vocabulary

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter

• frequency

• amplitude

• wave

• medium

the transfer of energy from a wave to the medium through which it travels

• diffraction

• transmission

• ingestion

• absorption

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the maximum distance a wave varies from its rest position

• amplitude

• medium

• frequency

• wavelength

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the number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second

• rarefaction

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

a wave in which the disturbance is parallel to the direction the wave travels

• mechanical wave

• anterior

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

occurs when waves overlap and combine to form a new wave

• transmission

• interference

• amplitude

• frequency

the lowest point of a transverse wave

• medium

• trough

• crest

• amplitude

a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

• longitudinal wave

• matter wave

• transverse wave

• mechanical wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a wave that can only travel through a medium (matter)

• matter wave

• mechanical wave

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

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the highest point of a transverse wave

• amplitude

• trough

• crest

• wavelength

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