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Mrs. Pegg Wave Vocabulary

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reflection

a)

When a wave strikes an object and bounces off it, including sound, water and light and reflection.

b)

Bending of a wave caused by change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another.

c)

Bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening.

d)

The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave.

2.

Refraction

a)

When a wave strikes an object and bounces off it, including sound, water and light and reflection.

b)

Bending of a wave caused by change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another.

c)

Bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening.

d)

The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave.

3.

Diffraction

a)

When a wave strikes an object and bounces off it, including sound, water, light and reflection.

b)

Bending of a wave caused by change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another.

c)

Bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening.

d)

The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave.

4.

Interference

a)

When a wave strikes an object and bounces off it, including sound, water, light and reflection.

b)

Bending of a wave caused by change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another.

c)

Bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening.

d)

The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave.

5.

Standing Waves

a)

A wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other; does not appear to be traveling.

b)

The process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies.

c)

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

d)

The number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second; is expressed in hertz (Hz)

6.

Resonance

a)

A wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other; does not appear to be traveling.

b)

The process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies.

c)

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

d)

The number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second; is expressed in hertz (Hz)

7.

Wavelength

a)

A wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other; does not appear to be traveling.

b)

The process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies.

c)

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

d)

The number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second; is expressed in hertz (Hz)

8.

Frequency

a)

A wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other; does not appear to be traveling.

b)

The process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies.

c)

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

d)

The number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second; is expressed in hertz (Hz)

9.

Speed

a)

Disturbance on object travel per unit of time.

b)

Wave in which the matter in the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave, has crest and troughs.

c)

A wave in which the matter in the medium moves back and forth along the direction that the wave travels.

d)

A wave that can only travel through matter.

10.

Transverse Waves

a)

Disturbance on object travel per unit of time.

b)

Wave in which the matter in the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave, has crest and troughs.

c)

A wave in which the matter in the medium moves back and forth along the direction that the wave travels.

d)

A wave that can only travel through matter.

11.

Longitudional Waves

a)

Disturbance on object travel per unit of time.

b)

Wave in which the matter in the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave, has crest and troughs.

c)

A wave in which the matter in the medium moves back and forth along the direction that the wave travels.

d)

A wave that can only travel through matter.

12.

Mechanical Waves

a)

Disturbance on object travel per unit of time.

b)

Wave in which the matter in the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave, has crest and troughs.

c)

A wave in which the matter in the medium moves back and forth along the direction that the wave travels.

d)

A wave that can only travel through matter.

13.

Wave

a)

Disturbance on object travel per unit of time.

b)

Wave in which the matter in the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave, has crest and troughs.

c)

A wave in which the matter in the medium moves back and forth along the direction that the wave travels.

d)

A repeating disturbance that transfers energy as it travels through matter or space.

14.

Amplitude

a)

Disturbance on object travel per unit of time.

b)

Wave in which the matter in the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave, has crest and troughs.

c)

A measure of the size of the disturbance of a wave, related to the energy that it carries.

d)

A repeating disturbance that transfers energy as it travels through matter or space.