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25 Cards in this Set
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Transmission |
Ability for a wave to travel through an object |
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Amplitude |
Distance between midpoint of crest to crest or trough to trough |
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Electromagnetic |
Wave that can travel through and empty medium |
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Compressional |
Wave that causes particles to move parellel |
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Wave |
Disturbance of energy |
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Frequency |
Number of wavelengths passed in a given amount of each second |
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Medium |
Solid, liquid, or gas that waves can travel through |
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Energy |
Waves carry it from one place to another |
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Less |
Low frequency waves carry ______ energy than high frequencies do |
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Opaque |
Material that reflects any light when it strikes it |
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Translucent |
Material such as wax paper or frosted glass |
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Transparent |
Material such as glass or window |
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Transverse |
📉 up and down wave |
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Wave length |
Distance from trough to trough or crest to crest |
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Frequency |
Waves with higher ____________ have shorter wave lengths |
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Refraction |
Light waves bend because of..... |
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Frequency |
Quiet sounds and dim light have less ________ |
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Wave speed |
Distance a wave travels in a unit of time |
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Absorbtion |
Lizard laying on a rock for heat is an example of |
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Echo location |
Bats and dolphins use..... |
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Refraction |
When energy bounces off |
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Constructive |
Interference when to waves collide and one decreases the amplitude of another |
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Destructive |
When two waves collide and increase the amplitude of another |
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Compression |
When two waves are pushed together |
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Rarefraction |
Waves when the coils are spread apart |
