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_(P or S) waves ware compressional, primary, and longitudinal. Travels fast in materials. Particle of motion is up/down

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P waves

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_(P or S) waves are shear, secondary, and transverse. Travel slowly and not through fluids. Particle of motion is left/right

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S waves

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Increasing the amplitude and wavelength makes a wave ____

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Bigger

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____ - Disturbance that transfers energy without transferring mass

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Wave

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Particles (matter) vibrate or ___ back/forth or up/down

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Oscillate

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____ - Is a single disturbance/event, which moves from point to point through a “medium”.

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Pulse

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Pulses together in a ___ produce a wave

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Medium

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_____ - The Maximum displacement from the equilibrium position. The larger the ____ the more energy is being carried by the wave. (Measured in meters)

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Amplitude (A)

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_____ - The length of one full wave or “cycle”. Can be measured from crest to crest or trough to trough. (Measured in meters)

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Wavelength (upside down y)

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____ - The time it takes a wave to complete one cycle (return to its original position. Measured in seconds s)

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Period (T)

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____ - The number of cycles a wave can complete in one second (measured in Hertz Hz)

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Frequency (f)

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Increasing wave amplitude increases wave ___

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Energy

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Two types of waves

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Mechanical waves
Electromagnetic waves

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____ waves - Pass through a medium, any substance with mass which will carry the energy. (Medium can be solid, liquid, or gas. Cant pass through a vacuum. Ex: Earthquakes (seismic), ocean waves, sound waves)

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Mechanical waves

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_____ waves - Do not require a medium and can travel through a vacuum. They propagate through the electromagnetic field. TRANSVERSE ONLY

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Electromagnetic waves

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Mechanical waves can be _____ or _____

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Transverse or longitudinal

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____ wave - Particles vibrate perpendicular to wave velocity (like waves on an ocean)

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Transverse Wave

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____ wave - Particles vibrate parallel to wave velocity (like sound waves)

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Longitudinal Waves

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In a transverse wave, particles move ___ and ___ from its equilibrium perpendicular to the direction of its velocity

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Up and down

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In a longitudinal wave, particles vibrate ___ and ___ parallel to the direction of its velocity

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Back and forth

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____ is calculated by #of waves of # of cycles over time

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Frequency

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____ is measured by 1 over frequency

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Period

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Frequency and Period are ___

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Reciprocals

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_____ ___ (v) -The distance a wave travels in a given time. Faster sound waves cover more distance.

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Wave speed

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The only way to change wave speed is to change the _____ of the wave medium
Properties
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High frequency = ___ wavelength
Small
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The speed of a mechanical wave depends only on the properties of the ____ the wave travels through
Medium
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Temperature, elasticity, density, and tension all affect the ___ ___
Wave speed
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A wave traveling through a cooler medium moves ____ than that of a warmer medium
Slower
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Sound moves the ___ through solids, and ____ through gases. (Because solids have a higher elasticity meaning they can reset faster and vibrate again sooner)
Fastest Slowest
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____ takes priority of wave speed but density is a close second
Elasticity
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Wave speed ____ depend on the properties of the wave itself like frequency, period, wavelength, and amplitude
Doesn’t
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Because if we double the frequency and the wavelength gets halved. The product will stay constant making the ____ stay constant
Speed
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____ waves - Longitudinal waves that travel through air or another medium.
Sound waves
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___ and ____/___ of a longitudinal wave correspond to the crests and troughs of a transverse wave
Compressions and expansions / rarefactions
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The compressions of a wave are the ___
Crests
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Expansions/rarefactions of a wave are the ___
Troughs
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Mechanical waves with ____ amplitude carry more energy than waves with a ___ amplitude
Large Small
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For a sound wave amplitude corresponds to ___
Loudness
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____ amplitude -> loud noise
High amplitude
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The amplitude of a sound wave _____ as it moves away from its source
Decreases
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The frequency of a sound wave is interpreted as ____
Pitch
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____ frequency -> high pitch
High frequency
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___ auditory range is 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
Human
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In humans, sound is produced when air travels through the ___ __ in the larynx causing a vibration
Vocal folds
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Males have _____ vocal folds than females which makes their voice deeper
Longer
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The medium is the ____ when there’s a vibration wave in the string
String
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The medium is the ____ when a sound wave is produced by the strings vibration
Air
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____ ____ - A change in frequency of a sound due to the source of sound moving relative to the observer, as the source moves the waves in front of the source compress.
Doppler Effect
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Frequency does not actually change, it is just ____ differently
Perceived
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The shorter wavelength and higher frequency (more lines) is where the source is ___
Moving
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____ - Sound waves that get reflected off a surface or boundary and return to the observer
Echo
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_____ - A process that uses echoes to map the depth of a body of water in different locations
Sonar
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Sound waves travel outward in straight lines from their source until something interferes with their path causing the sound to bend. This happens when sound travels through a different medium or different medium properties (such as ____)
Temperature
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In the day the sound travels ___ because the ground is warmer. At night the sound travels ____ because the ground is cooler
Up Downward
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Waves are a propagation of ___, not matter
Energy
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_____ - Waves follow this principle meaning they overlap and interact with one another
Superposition
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____ - The combination of multiple waves together
Interference
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2 types of interference
Constructive interference Destructive interference
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____ interference- When the crest of one wave overlaps the crest of another (perfectly in phase) creating a larger wave
Constructive interference
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_____ interference- When the crest of one wave overlaps the trough of another (completely out of phase) creating a smaller wave or completely cancelling
Destructive interference
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____ ____ - Created by waves with same frequency, wavelength, and amplitude traveling in opposite directions and continuously interfering. (Can be created by a reflection of the original wave)
Standing waves
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___ - no amplitude, more than the antinode.
Nodes
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_____ - Max amplitude, less than nodes
Antinodes
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Greater frequencies produce more but ____ standing waves
Shorter
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_____ (sympathetic vibrations) - produced by standing waves. When an external force applied to a system causes an object to vibrate at its natural frequency
Resonance
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When the frequency of a source matches the natural frequency of the object, there is a dramatic increase in the _____
Amplitude
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With sound waves, when the natural frequency is hit, the sound ____
Amplifies
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As the frequency of a wave increases the wavelength and period _____
Decreases
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Frequency _____ affect amplitude nor wavelength
Doesn’t
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Amplitude of a mechanical wave is determined by the ___ of the wave
Energy
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____ waves travel through sound, need to have matter to travel through, and can’t move through a vacuum
Mechanical waves
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____ waves can travel through outer space, and can be radio waves
Electromagnetic waves
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The source of nearly all wave motion is a ____ of matter
Vibration of matter

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