Waves Vocabulary Part 2

waves that travel through matter

• Mechanical Waves

• Electromagnetic

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

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the substance through which a mechanical wave travels.

• Transverse

• Medium

• Reflection

• Diffraction

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waves where the particles are disturbed perpendicular to the

direction of the wave

• Longitudinal

• Medium

• Transverse

• Electromagnetic

Waves where particles are disturbed back and forth parallel to

(in the same direction as) the wave

• Transverse

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

• Longitudinal

a measure of the number of times a wave cycles per unit time (typically

1 second).

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Refraction

• Scattering

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a measure of the time it takes a wave to complete one cycle or to move the

distance of one wavelength

• Frequency

• Period

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without

absorbing it.

• Transmission

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction

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the bending of light or sound as it passes through something like a wall

(sound) or a window (light).

• Scattering

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Refraction

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the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by

another

• Absorption

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Translucent

the act of transferring something from one spot to another

• Transmission

• Transparent

• Transverse

• Translucent

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