Wave Energy Vocabulary

a disturbance that moves energy through matter or through empty space

• wave

• wavelength

• amplitude

• disturbance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the length of one wave

• crest

• wavelength

• trough

• medium

the height of a wave from the middle resting position

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

is a material through which waves transfer energy (solid, liquid, gas)

• meduim

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the position the medium would take if there were no wave

• baseline

• trough

• crest

• wave

the highest point on a wave

• crest (peak)

• trough

• amplitude

• medium

the valley or lowest point between two crests

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wave

the length between two points (or objects)

• distance

• trough

• crest

• wave

an interruption or force

• disturbance

• trough

• crest

• medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the time it takes for two crests (one wavelength) to pass a specific point

• period

• crest

• trough

• disturbance