Ch1 Lesson1 waves Vocab for Science

Question 0

2, Energy

Answer 0

The ability to do work or cause change.

Question 1

1, Wave

Answer 1

A disturbance involving the transfer of energy from place to place.

Question 2

3, Medium

Answer 2

The material through which a wave travels.

Question 3

4, Mechanical Wave

Answer 3

A wave that requires a medium through which to travels.

Question 4

5, Vibration

Answer 4

A repeated back- and- forth or up- and- down motion.

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6, Transverse Wave

Answer 5

A wave that vibrates the medium at ring angles, or perpendicular, to the direction in which the wave travels.

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7, Crest

Answer 6

A high point on a transverse wave.

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8, Trough

Answer 7

A low point on a transverse wave.

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9, Longitudinal Wave

Answer 8

A wave that moves the medium in the direction parallel in which the wave travels.

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10, Compression

Answer 9

An area where the coils are close together

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11, Rarefaction

Answer 10

The part of longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.

Question 11

12, Surface Wave

Answer 11

Are combinations of transverse and longitudinal waves.