Waves Vocabulary 23-24

What is a wave?

• A type of sound

• A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
• A type of electricity

• A type of gas

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A change from the current state is called a _______________

• Disturbance

• Trough

• Rarefaction

• Amplitude

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A Mechanical wave is ......

• A wave in which particles of matter move back and forth

• A wave that does not require a medium for propagation
• A type of electromagnetic wave
• A type of light wave

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An Electromagnetic Wave is ......

• a wave that DOES need a medium to travel throug

• a wave that doesn't move at all

• a wave that is created as a result of vibrations between an electric field and a magnetic field

• a frequency

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The matter that a mechanical wave MUST move through is called _______

• Frequency
• Amplitude
• Medium
• Wavelength

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The distance a wave moves in a given amount of time is called.......

• Longitudinal

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Wave Speed

What does the word AMPLITUDE mean?

• the highest point of the wave

• the height of the wave

• the lowest point of the wave

• the distance a wave travels

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The distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave is called ________

• Wavelength

• Wave Speed

• Wave crest

• Wave Compression

This is measured in Hertz (Hz)

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wave Speed

• Wavelength

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What is the definition of frequency?

• The distance a wave travels in a given amount of time

• the number of waves that pass a point in a period of time

• The part of the wave where the particles are the closest together

• The part of the wave where the particles are farthest apart

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