Vocabulary waves Flashcards
Frequency
The number of cycles a wave completes in a period of time the number of times something happens in a period of time .
Period
A length of time
Wavelength
The distance between one peek and the next on wave.
Crest
The highest point of a wave .
Trough
The lowest point of a wave is called a trough .
Amplitude
The highest of strength of wave .
Longitudinal waves
A wave that occurs when the particle of a medium move parallel to the direction of a wave .
Compression wave
Stages in the deformation of a block of material with the compression or moves through it .
Medium
A substance such a as air or a solid moves through .
Electromagnetic spectrum
The full range of the frequencies of electromagnetic waves .
Transverse waves
A wave that occurs when the particle of a medium are displaced to the direction of a wave .
Compression
Occurs when rocks are squeezed by external forces toward to put stress on the rock .
Reflection
Reflected light is the secret ingredient of rainbows .
Refraction
To bend as light as it passes through a material . A reduction of density in a compression of a longitude wave .
Diffraction
A light wave bends when they hit an uneven surface and shows all the different colors of the spectrum. Slight bending of light as it passes through edges or an object.
