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16 Cards in this Set
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Wave |
Repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space |
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Medium |
The matter the waves travel through |
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Transverse waves |
The matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels |
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Compressional waves |
The matter in the medium moves back and forth along the same direction the wave travels |
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Crests |
High points in transverse waves |
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Troughs |
Low points in transverse waves |
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Rarefractions |
Less dense regions of a compressional wave |
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Wavelength |
Distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it |
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Frequency |
Of a wave is the number of wavelengths that pass a fixed Point each second |
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Period |
Amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point |
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Amplitude |
Related to the energy transferred by a wave |
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Refraction |
Bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another |
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Diffraction |
Occurs when an object causes a wave to change direction and bend around it |
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Interference |
When two or more waves combine to form a wave this is a process |
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Standing wave |
Special type of wave pattern that forms when waves equal in wavelength and amplitude but travels in opposite directions continuously interfere with each other |
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Resonance |
Process when an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies |
