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13 Cards in this Set
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rythm disturbances that carry energy without carrying matter
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waves
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use matter to transfer energy
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mechanical wave
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wave energy matter in the medium to move up and down or back and forth at right angles above the wave
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transverse wave
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wave in the medium moves foward and backward in the same direction as the wave
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compressional
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compressed waves casued by colliding molecules
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sound waves
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transfer energy without using matter and using the sun
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electrmagnetic waves
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measure of how high the crests are of how deep the troughs are
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amplitude
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distnace from crest to crest or from trough to trough
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wavelengths
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# of wavelengths per second
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frequency
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longer wavelenghts result in____ frequencies
________ freequencies result in shorter wavelenghts |
smaller,larger
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__and_____ result from wavelenghts and frequencies of light and sound
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color and pitch
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how fast a wave travels through a medium
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wave speed
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4 properties of waves
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speed frequency amplitude wavelenghth
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