Unit #8: Lesson 1 & 2 Vocab Waves

A mechanical wave is a wave that moves through:

• vacuums

• matter

• solids and liquids only

• gases

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A medium is...

• the bending of light as a wave moves through

• difficulty between easy and hard

• pertains to liquids

• matter in which waves travel through

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A transverse wave is a type of mechanical wave which moves:

Highest point on a transverse wave

• crest

• rarefaction

• compression

• trough

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Lowest point of a transverse wave:

• trough

• rarefaction

• crest

• compression

Longitudinal waves are types of mechanical waves which move...

• slowly

• diagonal

• perpendicular

• parallel

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The closest point on a longitudinal wave is a:

The areas of a longitudinal wave that are more dispersed are:

• compressions

• rarefactions

• troughs

• crests

Motion repeating at regular time intervals:

• compression

• periodic motion

• cycle

• period

surface wave:

• type of wave that bounce and refract off of any matter, including space

• type of wave traveling along surface separating two mediums

• type of wave where disturbance is perpendicular to wave motion

• type of wave where disturbance is parallel to wave motion