Waves Flashcards
A periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium.
Wave
A phisical environment in which phenomena occur.
Medium
A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly.
Transverse Wave
A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion.
Longitudinal Wave
The maxium distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position.
Amplitude
The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave.
Wavelength
The number of waves produced in a given amount of time.
Frequency
The speed at which a wave travels through a medium.
Wave Speed
The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through.
Reflection
The benging of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs.
Refraction
A change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an opening.
Diffraction
The combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave.
Interference
A pattern of vibration that stimulates a wave that is standing still.
Standing Wave
A phenomenom that occurs when two objects naturally vibrate at the same frequency; the sound produced by one object causes the other object to vibrate.
Resonance
