Wave Terminology

What is amplitude?

• The length of one wave measured from peak to peak.

• The bottom of a wave.

• The height of the wave from its resting point.

• The unit of measurement for how many waves pass a point in 1 second.

What is wavelength?

• The length of one wave measured from peak to peak.

• Waves hitting matter and bouncing off.

• The transfer of the energy of the wave to the medium it comes into contact with.

• A unit of measurement 1 million times smaller than a millimeter.

What is frequency?

• The height of the wave from its resting point.

• The length of one wave measured from peak to peak.

• How many waves pass a point in 1 second.

• The unit of measurement for how many waves pass a point in 1 minute.

What is reflection?

• The transfer of the energy of the wave to the medium it comes into contact with.

• Waves hitting matter and bouncing off.

• Energy of the wave passes through the medium.

• The bottom of a wave.

What is absorption?

• The height of the wave from its resting point.

• The length of one wave measured from peak to peak.

• Waves hitting matter and bouncing off.

• The transfer of the energy of the wave to the medium it comes into contact with.

What is transmittance?

• The transfer of the energy of the wave to the medium it comes into contact with.

• Waves hitting matter and bouncing off.

• The bottom of a wave.

• Energy of the wave passes through the medium.

What is a wave?

• The length of one wave measured from peak to peak.

• The transfer of the energy of the wave to the medium it comes into contact with.

• A repeating pattern of motion that transfers energy from place to place.

• The unit of measurement for how many waves pass a point in 1 second.

What is a hertz?

• The bottom of a wave.

• The height of the wave from its resting point.

• The unit of measurement for how many waves pass a point in 1 second.

• A unit of measurement 1 million times smaller than a millimeter.

What is a nanometer?

• The length of one wave measured from peak to peak.

• The bottom of a wave.

• A unit of measurement 1 million times smaller than a millimeter.

• The unit of measurement for how many waves pass a point in 1 second.

What is a trough?

• The height of the wave from its resting point.

• The transfer of the energy of the wave to the medium it comes into contact with.

• Waves hitting matter and bouncing off.

• The bottom of a wave.