Waves Vocab Quiz

when two waves arrive at the same point exactly in phase; that is, the crests of the two waves are precisely aligned, as are the troughs

• Destructive interference

• constructive interference

• Reflection

• Diffraction

when two identical waves arrive at the same point exactly out of phase that is precisely aligned crest to trough

• Amplification

• Reflection

• destructive interference

• Diffraction

wave in which the disturbance is parallel to the direction of propagation

• longitudinal wave

• Transverse wave

• Reflection wave

• Refraction wave

wave that requires a medium through which it can travel

• Sound wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Radio wave

• mechanical wave

solid, liquid, or gas material through which a wave propagates

• Frequency

• medium

• Amplitude

• Velocity

points where the string does not move; more generally, points where the wave disturbance is zero in a standing wave

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• nodes

wave that repeats the same oscillation for several cycles and is associated with simple harmonic motion

• periodic wave

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Standing wave

sudden disturbance with only one wave or a few waves generated

• Sine wave

• Square wave

• Triangle wave

• pulse wave

change in direction of a wave at a boundary or fixed end

• reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Absorption

bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another medium with a different density

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• refraction

• Absorption