Quaking Earth Racing Waves HMH Vocabulary

a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• amplitude

• wave

• crest

• pitch

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the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

• wavelength

• amplitude

• medium

• crest

distance from crest to crest or trough to trough, length of one cycle of a wave

• amplitude

• wavelength

WHAT DOES THE SPEED OF A SEISMIC WAVE DEPEND ON?​ (a)  

• THE MATERIAL WHICH THEY MOVE THROUGH

• HOW MUCH REST THEY HAD THE NIGHT BEFORE

• SEISMIC WAVES DO NOT MOVE SO SPEED IS NOTHING

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A variation in a medium that transfers energy from point to point.

• wave

• reflect

• crest

• energy

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The distance between a wave’s crests or troughs.

• signal

• wavelength

• encode

• analog

What is the term for a disturbance that transfers energy through a medium?

• Amplitude

• Wave

• Crest

• Pitch

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What is the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave called?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Medium

• Crest

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What is the length of one complete cycle of a wave, measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

What is a variation in a medium that transfers energy from point to point?

• Wave

• Reflect

• Crest

• Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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