Chapter 1, Lesson 1 VOCAB Flashcards
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- Energy
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The ability to do work, cause or change
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- Wave
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Is a disturbance involving transfer of energy from place to place
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- Medium
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The materiel though which a wave travels. (Gasses, Liquids and solids)
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- Vibration
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A repeated back and forth or up and down motion
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- Transverse wave
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A wave that vibrates at a medium right angles or a perpendicular to the direction it travels
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- Crest
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High point of a transfer wave
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- Trough
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Low point of a transfer wave
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- Longitudinal wave
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A wave that moves in a medium direction in a parallel direction the wave travels
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- Compression
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The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are come together
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- Rarefaction
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The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart
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- Surface wave
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The combination of a transverse wave and longitudinal waves
