Wave Vocabulary Week 1

The height of a transverse wave from the center to a crest or trough.

• crest

• amplitude

• trough

• frequency

the low points of the transverse wave

• amplitude

• crest

• frequency

• trough

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

• amplitude

• crest

• frequency

• trough

the high points of the transverse wave

• amplitude

• crest

• frequency

• trough

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel.

• electromagnetic wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

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

• electromagnetic wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

A wave that can transfer electric and magnetic energy through the vacuum of space

• electromagnetic wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

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

• electromagnetic wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• medium

• wave

• wavelength

• frequency

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The material through which a wave travels.

• medium

• wave

• wavelength

• crest

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