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22 Cards in this Set
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The distance from the mid-line to the highest or lowest point of a transverse wave |
Amplitude |
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Place of constructive interference on a standing wave |
Antinode |
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The matter the mechanical wave travels through |
Medium |
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Occurs when two crests or two troughs build on top of each other |
Constructive Interference |
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The highest point of a transverse wave |
Crest |
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Occurs when a crest and a trough interact with each other |
Destructive interference |
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The amount of energy that passes a location per unit of time. |
Intensity |
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A wave in which the particles of the wave move in the same direction as the energy of the wave |
Longitudinal Wave |
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A wave that needs a medium to travel |
Mechanical Wave |
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A place of continuous destructive interference on a standing wave |
Node |
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The time it takes for one full wave to pass a given spot. |
Period |
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The bouncing back of a waves off a surface or boundary. |
Reflection |
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Occurs when the a wave causes another object to begin to vibrate. |
Resonance |
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Occurs when waves of equal amplitude and wavelength continue to travel toward each other. |
Standing Wave |
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A wave in which the particle move both up and down and side to side |
Surface Wave |
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A wave in which the particles move at a right angle to the direction the wave moves |
Transverse wave |
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The lowest part of a transverse wave |
trough |
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A transfer of energy through matter or space. |
Wave |
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The velocity of a wave |
Wave Speed |
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The distance from one point on a wave to the exact same point on the next wave |
Wavelength |
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The compressed area of a longitudinal wave |
Compression |
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The spread out area of a longitudinal wave |
rarefaction |
