Chapter 7 Waves, Sound, and Light Vocabulary Words

vibration

• repeated back and forth or up or down motion

• A wave is the number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time

• An area where the coils are spread out

• The maximum distance the medium vibrates from the rest position

Transverse Wave

• repeated back and forth or up or down motion

• A wave that moves the medium at the right angles to the direction to the direction in which the wave travels

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

• The ejection of electrons from a substance when light is shined on it

Crest

• An area where the coils are spread out

• A wave is the number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time

• the highest part of a transverse wave

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

   

Trough

• The lowest part of a transverse wave

   

• A wave that moves the medium at the right angles to the direction to the direction in which the wave travels

• A transverse wave that involves the transfer of electric and magnetic energy

• The ejection of electrons from a substance when light is shined on it

   

longitudinal Wave

• repeated back and forth or up or down motion

• the highest part of a transverse wave

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

• The ejection of electrons from a substance when light is shined on it

   

Compression

• A transverse wave that involves the transfer of electric and magnetic energy

• A wave that moves the medium at the right angles to the direction to the direction in which the wave travels

• Frequency is measured in units

• Stress the squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

Rarefaction

• An area where the coils are spread out

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

• A wave that moves the medium at the right angles to the direction to the direction in which the wave travels

• Energy that Electromagnetic waves transfer through matter or space

   

Amplitude

• Energy that Electromagnetic waves transfer through matter or space

   

• The maximum distance the medium vibrates from the rest position

• The lowest part of a transverse wave

• A wave that moves the medium at the right angles to the direction to the direction in which the wave travels

Wavelength

• The distance between two corresponding parts of the wave

• the highest part of a transverse wave

• The ejection of electrons from a substance when light is shined on it

• Energy that Electromagnetic waves transfer through matter or space

Frequency

• A wave is the number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time

• repeated back and forth or up or down motion

• Stress the squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

• The maximum distance the medium vibrates from the rest position