Wave🌊🌊 Flashcards
🌊 Wave 🌊
a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance
✨ Medium ✨
A substance through which a wave moves
⚖ Mechanical Wave ⚖
A wave such as sound or seismic wave that transfers kinetic energy through matter
🕹 Transverse wave 🕹
a wave in which the disturbance moves at right angles to the direction of the wave
🕳 Longitudinal Wave 🕳
a type of wave in which the disturbance moves in the same direction that the wave travels
🍕 Crest 🍕
the highest point or peak of a wave
👎🏽 Trough 👎🏽
The lowest point or valley of a wave
🤖 Amplitude 🤖
The maximum distance that a disturbance causes a medium to move from its rest position.
🖌 Wavelength 🖌
The distance from one crest to the next wave crest
💎 Frequency 💎
The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given period of time
🔮 Reflection 🔮
The bouncing back of water after it hits a barrier
💕 Refraction 💕
The bending of light as it crosses a boundary between two mediums at an angle other than 90 degrees
❤️ Diffraction ❤️
The spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around the edges of an obstacle
😝 Inference 😝
The meeting and combining of waves: the adding or subtracting of wave amplitudes that occur as waves overlap
👾 Electromagnetic waves 👾
A type of wave such as light wave or radio wave that does not require a medium to travel through a disturbance that transfers energy through a field