Wave Behavior

To take in and accept transferred

energy into a material.

• Absorb

• Frequency

• Refract

• Sound Wave

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The rate at which a wave goes

through a complete cycle;

measured in cycles per second.

• Absorb

• Frequency

• Refract

• Sound Wave

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To change the direction of energy

when it enters a different

medium.

• Absorb

• Frequency

• Refract

• Sound Wave

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The way sounds travel in an

up-and-down pattern.

• Absorb

• Frequency

• Refract

• Sound Wave

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A wave carrying energy that

requires a medium to travel

through.

• Mechanical Wave

• Frequency

• Refract

• Sound Wave

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The distance from the resting

position of a wave to its

maximum change.

• Amplitude

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Reflect

• Transmit

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A wave carrying energy, often

from the sun, that does not

require a medium to travel

through.

• Amplitude

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Reflect

• Transmit

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To push energy in a different

direction, back into its original

medium.

• Amplitude

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Reflect

• Transmit

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The distance between the same

part of two adjacent waves.

• Wavelength

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Reflect

• Transmit

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To allow energy to move through

a material.

• Amplitude

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Reflect

• Transmit

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