Vocab

Question 1

Medium

Answer 1

The material-solid, liquid, or gas-through which a wave can travel

Question 2

Longitude wave

Answer 2

Particles that move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels through

Question 3

Transverse wave

Answer 3

Particles that move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

Question 4

Mechanical wave

Answer 4

Waves that require a medium

Question 5

Electromagnetic wave

Answer 5

Waves that travel without a medium

Question 6

amplitude

Answer 6

a measure of how far particles in the medium move from their rest position

Question 7

Wavelength

Answer 7

The distance from any point on a wave to the next identical point on the same wave is

Question 8

Wave period

Answer 8

The time required for identical parts of a consecutive waves to pass a given point

Question 9

Frequency

Answer 9

the number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time

Question 10

wave speed

Answer 10

the speed that waves travel

Question 11

Crest

Answer 11

Point where the wave is the highest

Question 12

Trough

Answer 12

The point where the wave is the lowest

Question 13

Speed of light

Answer 13

300,000,000 m/s

Question 14

Rarefaction

Answer 14

Diminution in the density of something