Waves Vocabulary

Waves that require a medium through which to travel.  Example: Sound Waves

• Electromagnetic Waves

• Mechanical Waves

• Radio Waves

• Gama Rays

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A wave that does not require a medium to travel.  Example: Light, Radio waves and xRays

• Electromagnetic Waves

• Mechanical Waves

• P Waves

• Sound Waves

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A disturbance that transfers energy without transferring matter.

• Transmission

• Wave

• Resonance

• Prism

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The material through which a wave travels.

• Medium

• Frequency

• Crest

• Amplitude

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A wave in which the vibration is at right angles to the direction it is traveling.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Surface Wave

• Compression Wave

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Highest point on a wave

• Crest

• Trough

• Frequency

• Amplitude

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Lowest point on a wave

• Crest

• Trough

• Frequency

• Amplitude

A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as the wave is travelling.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Tidal Wave

• Standing Wave

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A part of a longitudinal wave that is closest together

• Rarefaction

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Compression

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A part of a longitudinal wave that is farthest apart.

• Rarefaction

• Compression

• Trough

• Amplitude

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