1-2 Wave Vocabulary

Question 0

Energy

Answer 0

Defended as the ability to do work.

Question 1

Wave

Answer 1

Disturbance involving the transfer of energy from place to place.

Question 2

Medium

Answer 2

The material through which a wave travel along the surface of the water.

Question 3

Mechanical wave

Answer 3

Wave that require a medium to travel.

Question 4

Vibration

Answer 4

Repeated back and forth or up and down motion.

Question 5

Transverse wave

Answer 5

A wave that vibrates the medium at right angles or perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

A high point on a transverse wave

Question 7

Trough

Answer 7

A low point on a transverse wave

Question 8

Longitudinal wave

Answer 8

Vibrates the medium in the same direction in which the travels.

Question 9

Compression

Answer 9

An area where the coils are close together.

Question 10

Rarefaction

Answer 10

An area where the coils are spread out.

Question 11

Surface waves

Answer 11

Combination of transverse and longitudinal waves.

Question 24

Amplitude

Answer 24

Maximum distance the medium vibrates from the rest position.

Question 25

Wavelength

Answer 25

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.

Question 26

Frequency

Answer 26

Wave is the number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.

Question 27

Hertz

Answer 27

Frequency measured in units.

Question 28

Speed(of a wave)

Answer 28

How far the wave travels in a given amount of time.