Waves Investigation #1 Vocabulary Review

Usable power that can be transferred or converted to different forms but cannot be created

or destroyed.

• energy

• waves

• amplitude

• nodes

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A black-and-fourth pattern of motion that transfers energy.

• energy

• waves

• amplitude

• nodes

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Energy of movement.

• pattern

• waves

• amplitude

• kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The high point of a wave.

• trough

• crest

• amplitude

• kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the low point of a wave

• trough

• crest

• amplitude

• kinetic energy

a regular pattern of a wave

• frequency

• oscillation

• amplitude

• kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a repeating and recognizable feature

• frequency

• nodes

• amplitude

• pattern

a point where a wave crosses its resting line.

• frequency

• nodes

• amplitude

• pattern

a rate of something that repeats over and over

• frequency

• nodes

• amplitude

• pitch

the height of the peaks above the resting line in a wave.

• frequency

• nodes

• amplitude

• pitch

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1