MS-PS4-2 Science

A wave that can travel only through matter

• Mechanical Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

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A transverse wave can travel through empty space and through matter

• Mechanical Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

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A wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

• Ultraviolet wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

A wave in which the disturbance is parallel to the direction the wave travels

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Infrared Wave

• Radio Wave

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The number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Wave Speed

• Amplitude

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The maximum distance a wave  varies from its rest position

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Wave Speed

• Amplitude

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The change in direction of a wave as it changes speed, moving from one medium into another

• Rarefaction

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Absorption

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A low-frequency, low energy electromagnetic wave that has a wavelength longer than about 30 cm

• Mechanical Wave

• Ultraviolet Wave

• Infrared Wave

• Radio Wave

An electromagnetic wave with a slightly shorter wavelength and higher frequency than light

• Mechanical Wave

• Ultraviolet Wave

• Infrared Wave

• Radio Wave

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A material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through, and through which object can be seen clearly

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

• Reflection