Waves Vocabulary

Question 1

1 the transfer of energy with out transferring matter

Answer 1

Wave

Question 2

2 the highest or peak or a wave

Answer 2

Crest

Question 3

3 the lowest point or valley or wave

Answer 3

Though

Question 4

4 the distance from the resting point to the crest or a wave

Answer 4

Amplitude

Question 5

5 the distance from crest to or the crest or trough in a wave ware

Answer 5

Length

Question 6

6 the number of waves that pass a given a point in a set of time

Answer 6

Frequency

Question 7

7 time for a complete cycle to pass given point

Answer 7

Period

Question 8

9 a wave in which the energy travels perpendicular to the direction of the distance

Answer 8

Transverse waves

Question 9

10 a wave that does not need a medium to travel through

Answer 9

Electromagnetic wave

Question 10

11 a wave in which the energy travels in the same direction as the disturbance

Answer 10

Longitudinal wave

Question 11

12 The point in a longitudinal wave where the matter is pushed closer together

Answer 11

Compression

Question 12

13 the point in a longitudinal wave where the matter is spaced farther apart.

Answer 12

Rare fraction

Question 13

14 when waves strike a surface and bounce back in another direction.

Answer 13

Reflection

Question 14

15 The bending of waves as they pass through a material.

Answer 14

Retraction

Question 15

16 waves spread out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture or around an edge of material .

Answer 15

Diffraction

Question 16

8 matter through which a mechanical wave travels

Answer 16

Medium