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Wave

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A disturbance that travels energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance.

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Medium

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Is the substance through witch a wave moves.

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Mechanical Wave

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A wave such as sound or seismic wave that transfers kinetic energy through matter.

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Transverse Wave

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A wave in which a disturbance moves at right angles to the direction of the wave.

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Longitudinal Wave

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A wave in which a disturbance moves in the same direction as the wave.

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Crest

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The highest point of the wave.

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Trough

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The lowest point of the wave.

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Wave Length

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The distance from one wave crest to the other.

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Frequency

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Is the number of wave that pass by in a certain period of time.

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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The range of all electromagnetic frequencies.

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Transmission

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Is the number of waves that pass through a medium.

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Absorption

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Is the disappearance of a wave into a medium.

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Observation

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The act of nothing and recording an effect an event,characteristics, or anything that is detected.

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Investigation

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The press of collecting evidence.

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Hypothesis

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A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon, an if then statement.

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Conclusion

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Is the end of the scientific experiment.

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Experiment

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Is a test, trial, or tentative procedure, an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown.

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Problem

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Is the question that you are trying to find the answer to.

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Solution

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The answer to a scientific problem or investigation.

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Biotic Factor

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Anything that was alive, or once was alive.

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Abiotic Factor

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Is something that isn’t alive and never will be.

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Species

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Any living organism that is so similar that it can breed and produce offspring that can produce offspring.

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Population

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The number of a particular species living in a particular area.

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Community

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All of the different populations living in a particular area.

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Variable

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The part of an experiment that may change or vary.

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Control

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The thing in an experiment that does not change.

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Symbiosis

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The interaction between two different species that live closely together.