Waves

The lowest part of the wave.

• medium

• wave

• transverse wave

• crest

• trough

The matter that a wave travels through. This matter could be a gas, a liquid, or a solid.

• crest

• medium

• trough

• wave

• transverse wave

It is a disturbance that transfers energy through matter from one location to another location.

• transverse wave

• crest

• trough

• wave

• medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The distance between two tops of waves or the two bottoms of waves.

• transverse wave

• medium

• crest

• wave

• wavelength

The number of waves that repeat in a certain amount of time.

• crest

• wave

• frequency

• medium

• transverse wave

The highest part of the wave.

• transverse wave

• crest

• wave

• medium

• trough

The medium vibrates in the same direction that this travels. An example of this could be created in a spring.

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• crest

• medium

• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The measure of a wave's height.

• amplitude

• medium

• crest

• wave

• transverse wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The medium vibrates at right angles to the direction that the wave travels. An example of this is can be done with a rope.

• trough

• transverse wave

• wave

• medium

• crest