5-1 Vocabulary

Question 0

Medium

Answer 0

Is the material through which a wave travels.

Question 1

Wave

Answer 1

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.

Question 2

Longitudinal Wave

Answer 2

When particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels, or parallel to the wave.

Question 3

Transverse Wave

Answer 3

Particles move perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels.

Question 4

Mechanical Waves

Answer 4

Waves that require a medium

Question 5

Electromagnetic Waves

Answer 5

Disturbances in electric and magnetic fields. They are considered transverse waves.

Question 6

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.

Answer 6

Wave

Question 7

Is the material through which a wave travels.

Answer 7

Medium

Question 8

When particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels, or parallel to the wave.

Answer 8

Longitudinal Wave

Question 9

Particles move perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels.

Answer 9

Transverse Wave

Question 10

Waves that require a medium

Answer 10

Mechanical Wave

Question 11

Disturbances in electric and magnetic fields. They are considered transverse waves.

Answer 11

Electromagnetic Waves