Wave Properties

the ability to do work or cause change

• energy

• wave

• wavelength

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter

• energy

• wavelength

• wave

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it

• wave

• energy

• frequency

• wavelength

the number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency

• wavelength

• energy

• wave

a wave that can only travel through matter

• medium

• mechanical waves

• electromagnetic waves

• longitudinal waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a material in which a wave travels

• mecahnical wave

• transverse wave

• medium

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• latitudinal wave

the highest point on a transverse wave

• compression

• trough

• rarefaction

• crest

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the lowest point on a transverse wave

• compression

• trough

• rarefaction

• crest

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

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• electromagnetic wave