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Mechanical wave

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Only travels through matter

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Transverse wave

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When the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction where the wave travels

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Longitudinal wave

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Makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction the wave travels

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Compression

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Where the particles in the medium are closest together

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Electromagnetic wave

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A wave that can travel through space and matter

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crest

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high point on a wave

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trough

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low point on a wave

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