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16 Cards in this Set
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what are waves
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disturbances traveling through matter call medium
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what is a transverse wave
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when matter moves up and down or bak and forth in an S-like curve
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what is the crest
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the highest point of the wave
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what is the trough
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the lowest part of a wave
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what is the wavelength
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the horizontal distance from the crest or trought of one wave to the same pointon the next wave
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what is teh wave height
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the distance from a fcrest to a trough
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what is amplitude
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the measurement from the highest or lowest point of a wave to the midline
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what is the midline
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normal resting position of the wave
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what is a compressional or longitudinal wave
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matter is squeezed or sompressed together and then spreds out in the direction the wave travels until in compresses agian
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what is compression
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the area where matter that is pused or comprssed tightly togehter
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what is rarefaction
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where molecules are farther apart
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what is the wavelength of a compressional wave
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the distance form compression to compression or rarefaction to rarefaction
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what is the amplitude of a compressional wave
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determined by how tightly the matter in eac h compression is compactd
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what is the speed of a wave
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the distance traveled by a single point on the waveina given intervel of time
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what is frequency
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the number of waves that pass a given point within a certiain length of ime
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what is the order from least to greates in frequency
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radio waves
micro waves infra red waves light waves ultra violet waves x-ray waves gamma rays |
