Wave Vocab

Question 1

Frenquency

Answer 1

The number of cycles a wave completed in a period of time

Question 2

Period

Answer 2

The interval between successive occurrences of the same state in oscillatory or cyclic phenomenon such as mechanical vibrations

Question 3

Wavelength

Answer 3

A distance between successive crests of a wave especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave

Question 4

Crest

Answer 4

The point on a wave with the maximum value of upward displacement with a cycle

Question 5

Trough

Answer 5

Is the opposite of a crest so the minimum or the lowest point in a cycle

Question 6

Amplitude

Answer 6

Is the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave

Question 7

Longitude wave

Answer 7

Longitude waves are waves which the displacement of the medium is in the same direction or as is the opposite direction

Question 8

Electromagnetic wave

Answer 8

The range of wave lengths of frequencies over which electromagnetic radiations extends

Question 9

Compression wave

Answer 9

A longitude wave such as a sound wave propagated by the elastic compression

Question 10

Rarefaction wave

Answer 10

Is the reduction of any items density the opposite of compression

Question 11

Reflection wave

Answer 11

Is the change in the direction of a wave front returns

Question 12

Refraction wave

Answer 12

Of waves involves a change in the direction of waves as they pass from one medium to another

Question 13

Diffraction wave

Answer 13

Occurs when a wave encounters an obstacle or a slit it is defined as the bending of a wave