Waves Review

The name for the highest point of a transverse wave.

• trough

• crest

• amplitude

• wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The lowest points on a transverse wave.

• trough

• crest

• amplitude

• wavelength

The time it takes for one wave to pass a given point.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• period

• frequency

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The time it takes for one wave to pass a given point.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• period

• frequency

Distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

A measure of a wave’s energy

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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This happens when two or more waves continuously overlap

• interference

• amplitude

• wavelength

• period

This occurs more to sound waves on carpeted floors than tiled floors

• interference

• absorption

• amplitude

• period

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     is an example of sound wave reflection

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Sound waves diffract better than light waves because…