Science Ch 10 Voc

Question 1

A repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space

Answer 1

Wave

Question 2

Matter in which a wave travels

Answer 2

Medium

Question 3

Wave for which the matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travels, has crests and troughs

Answer 3

Transverse wave

Question 4

A wave for which the matter in the medium moves back and forth along the direction that the waves travels

Answer 4

Compressional waves

Question 5

The highest points on a transverse wave

Answer 5

Crest

Question 6

Lowest points on a transverse wave

Answer 6

Trough

Question 7

The least dense regions of a compressional wave

Answer 7

Rarefraction

Question 8

Distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it

Answer 8

Wavelength

Question 9

The number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second, is expressed in hertz

Answer 9

Frequency

Question 10

The amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a fixed point

Answer 10

Period

Question 11

A measure of the energy carried by a wave

Answer 11

Amplitude

Question 12

The bending of a wave as it changes speed in moving from one medium to another

Answer 12

Refraction

Question 13

The bending of waves around an obstacle, can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

Answer 13

Diffraction

Question 14

Occurs when two or more waves overlap and combine to form a new wave

Answer 14

Interference

Question 15

A wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other

Answer 15

Standing wave

Question 16

The process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies

Answer 16

Resonance