Unit 5 Waves and Light vocabulary

Wave

• All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
• A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance
• a physical enviroment in which phenomena occur.
• a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.

Medium

• A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance
• All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
• a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.
• a physical enviroment in which phenomena occur.

Longitudinal wave

• A wave that requires a medium to travel through
• A wave in which the particles move the medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling
• A wave that consists of electric and magnetic fields that vibrate at right angles to each other.
• A wave in which the particles move the medium move parallel to the direction the wave is traveling

Transverse wave

• A wave in which the particles move the medium move parallel to the direction the wave is traveling
• A wave in which the particles move the medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling
• A wave that requires a medium to travel through
• A wave that consists of electric and magnetic fields that vibrate at right angles to each other.

Mechanical wave

• A wave in which the particles move the medium move parallel to the direction the wave is traveling
• A wave in which the particles move the medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling
• A wave that requires a medium to travel through
• A wave that consists of electric and magnetic fields that vibrate at right angles to each other.

Electromagnetic wave

• A wave that requires a medium to travel through
• A wave in which the particles move the medium move parallel to the direction the wave is traveling
• A wave in which the particles move the medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling
• A wave that consists of electric and magnetic fields that vibrate at right angles to each other.

Wave period

• A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance
• The maximum distance that the particles of a waves medium vibrate from their rest position
• A wave in which the particles move the medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling
• The time required for one wavelength to pass a given point

Wave Speed

• The maximum distance that the particles of a waves medium vibrate from their rest position
• the time required for one wavelength to pass a given point
• A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance
• The number of waves produced in a given amount of time.

Amplitude

• The number of waves produced in a given amount of time.
• The maximum distance that the particles of a waves medium vibrate from their rest position
• A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance
• the time required for one wavelength to pass a given point

Frequency

• The maximum distance that the particles of a waves medium vibrate from their rest position
• The number of waves produced in a given amount of time.
• a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.
• The distance between two adjacent crests or troughs in a wave