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Unit 5 Science Vocab Flashcards

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What particles move perpendicular to the direction the waves travel

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Transverse wave

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Longitudinal wave

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Particles that move back and forth in the same direction that the waves travel

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A wave

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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What is a measure of how far particles in the medium move away from its normal position

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A amplitude

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A medium

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The material through which waves travel

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Electromagnetic waves

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Are disturbances in electric and magnetic fields

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What is the time required for one cycle called

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Wave period

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What particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels

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Longitudinal wave

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What waves require a medium

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Mechanical waves

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What is the material through which a wave travels

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A medium

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A amplitude

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A measure of how far particles I The median move Away from its normal rest position

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What is the disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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A wave

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What is the speed at which wave travels

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Wave speed

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a wavelength

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Is the distance over which the waves shape repeats

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What does frequency do

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Tells you how many cycles occur in an amount of time

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What is hertz

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it’s what frequency is usually measured in

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What ripples on a waters surface and expands out

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Waterfronts

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Transverse wave

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Particles move perpendicular to the direction the waves travels

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Mechanical waves

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What waves require a medium

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What is wave speed

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It’s the speed at which a wave travels

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What is the wave period

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It’s the time required for one cycle

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What is the transfer of energy as EM waves

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Radiation

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What is a wave front

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It’s when ripples on a water surface expand in two dimensions

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What is frequency measured in

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Hertz

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What tells you how many cycles occur in an amount of time

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A frequency

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What is the distance over which the waves shape repeats?

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A wavelength

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What is a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields

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Electromagnetic waves

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What is radiation

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Is the transfer of energy as EM waves

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