Unit 2 Sci Waves vocab

An object vibrating at natural frequency absorbing energy from a nearby object vibrating at the same frequency, creating an increase in amplitude.

• Frequency

• Resonance

• Vibration

• Wavelength

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A disturbance transferring energy without the transfer of matter.

• Wave

• Sound wave

• Pitch

• Transverse wave

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A transverse wave with the ability to travel through matter and empty space.

• Transverse wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Light

• Transmission

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A directional change of a wave that travels through the end of an object or an opening.

• Refraction

• Doppler effect

• Diffraction

• Longitudinal wave

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The material in which a wave travels.

• Medium

• Crest

• Motion

• Hertz

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The highest point on a transverse wave.

• Pitch

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Crest

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The lowest point on a transverse wave.

• Translucent

• Trough

• Medium

• Compression

Distance between a point on a wave and nearest point like it.

• Opaque

• Transmission

• Wavelength

• Longitudinal wave

Number of wavelengths passing by a point each second.

• Frequency

• Motion

• Wave

• Reflection

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A wave being able to travel only through matter.

• Transparent

• Electromagnetic wave

• Transverse wave

• Mechanical wave

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