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Transverse wave

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Particles move perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels

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Wave

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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The material through which a wave travels

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Medium

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Mechanical wave

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Waves that require a medium

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Electromagnetic waves

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Disturbances in electric and magnetic fields

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Particle move perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels

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Transverse wave

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Longitudinal wave

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Particles Kiev back and forth in the same direction that the waves travel,or parallel to the wave

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Particles move back and forth in the same direction that the waves travel,or parallel to the wave

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Longitudinal wave

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Disturbances in electric and magnetic fields

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Electromagnetic waves

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Waves that require a medium

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Mechanical wave

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Measure of how far particles move away from their normal rest position

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Amplitude

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The distance over which the waves shape repeats

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Wavelength

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Medium

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The material through which a wave travels

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Time required for one wave cycle

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Wave Period

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Amplitude

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Measure of how far particles in the medium move away from their normal rest position

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Wavelength

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The distance over which the waves shape repeats

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Unit frequency is measured in

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Hertz

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Wave Speed

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The speed at which a wave travels that depends on properties of the medium

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Wavefront

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Shapes that occur in waves

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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Wave

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Frequency

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A measurement that tells you how many cycles occur in an amount of time

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The range of the frequency that an electromagnetic wave can have

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Light that has slightly shorter wavelengths than violet light

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Ultraviolet

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Wave Period

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Time required for one wave cycle

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Infrared

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Light that has slightly longer wavelengths than red light

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Hertz

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Unit frequency is measured in

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Transparent

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Matter that transmits light

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Light that has slightly longer wavelengths than red light

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Infrared

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The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves

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Radiation

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Ultraviolet

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Light that has slightly shorter wavelengths than violet light

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Matter that transmits light

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Transparent

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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The range of the frequency that an electromagnetic wave can have

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Translucent

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Matter that transmits light but does not let light travel straight through

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Occurrence when light is sent in many directions as it passes through a medium

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Scattering

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Shapes that occur in waves

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Wavefront

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Matter that transmits light but does not let light travel straight through

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Translucent

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Opaque

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Materials that do not let light pass through them

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Reflection

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Bouncing of light off of a surface

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The change in direction of a wave as it passes from one medium to another in an angle

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Refraction

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Absorption

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The transfer of light energy to matter

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The transfer of light energy to matter

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Absorption

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Scattering

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Occurrence when light is sent in many directions as it passes rough a medium

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Bouncing of light off of a surface

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Reflection

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Refraction

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The change in direction of a wave as it passes from one medium to another in an angle

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Materials that do not let light pass through them

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Opaque

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Radiation

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The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves

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E speed at which a wave travels that depends on properties of the medium

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Wave Speed

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A measurement that tells you how many cycles occur in an amount of time

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Frequency

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