SB1 Wave words Set 1 All

Something moving to and fro is a

• vacuum

• refraction

• medium

• vibration

Empty space with nothing in it is a

• vacuum

• dispersion

• reflection

• medium

The material a wave travels through is a

• dispersion

• medium

• vibration

• reflection

Waves carry

• dispersion

• reflection

• vibration

• energy

A wave that moves up and down as energy moves along

• longitudinal

• reflection

• transverse

• vibration

A wave that moves to and fro as energy moves along

• longitudinal

• refraction

• medium

• transverse

A wave bouncing off a surface

• energy

• refraction

• dispersion

• reflection

A wave changing direction as it moves from one material into another

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• vibration

When a wave's energy gets taken in by a surface

• dispersion

• vibration

• absorption

• reflection

Refraction of white light so all the colours can be seen

• vacuum

• reflection

• absorption

• dispersion