Waves Vocabulary

a repeating disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

• amplitude

• wave

• crest

• pitch

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a wave that requires a medium through which to travel

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• wavelength

• wave

a wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels

• longitudinal (compression) wave

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a wave that moves a medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal (compression) wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

• wavelength

• amplitude

• medium

• crest

the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time

• pitch

• crest

• frequency

• trough

the highest part of a transverse wave

• pitch

• crest

• trough

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the lowest part of a transverse wave

• crest

• pitch

• frequency

• trough

perception of the frequency of a sound

• sound

• pitch

• crest

• light

the height of a wave from its resting position

• wavelength

• crest

• amplitude

• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1