Science Vocab Words Flashcards
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- Energy
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The ability to do work cause a change
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- Wave
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A disturbance involving the transfer on energy from place to place
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- Medium
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The material the wave can travel through
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- Mechanical Wave
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A wave that requires a medium through which to travel
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- Vibration
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Repeated up down or back and forth motion
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- Transverse Wave
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Waves that move in right angles
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- Crest
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Top point of a transverse wave
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- Trough
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Bottom point of a transverse wave
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- Longitudinal Wave
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A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels
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- Compression
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The part of a longitudinal wave where the partials of the medium are close together
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- Rarefaction
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The part of a longitudinal wave where the partials of the medium are far apart
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- Surface wave
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Combo of transverse and longitudinal waves and travels along surface which separates 2 mediums
