15.1

Question 1

Wave:

Answer 1

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.

Question 2

Mechanical wave:

Answer 2

A wave that can travel only through matter.

Question 3

Medium:

Answer 3

A material in which a wave travel.

Question 4

Transverse wave:

Answer 4

A wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.

Question 5

The highest points of a transverse wave are the ____ and the lowest points are the ____.

Answer 5

1)crests
2)troughs

Question 6

Longitudinal wave:

Answer 6

Makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction that the wave travels.

Question 7

Compressions:

Answer 7

The regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together

Question 8

Rarefactions:

Answer 8

the regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart

Question 9

Vibration:

Answer 9

A back and forth or up and down movement of an object.

Question 10

Electromagnetic waves:

Answer 10

A wave that can only travel through empty space and through matter