Waves Vocabulary

Question 1

Frequency

Answer 1

The number of waves per second

Question 2

Crest

Answer 2

The highest part of a wave

Question 3

Wave

Answer 3

Something that moves energy from one place to another

Question 4

Wavelength

Answer 4

The distance between two waves (crest to crest, trough to trough)

Question 5

Energy

Answer 5

The ability to do work

Question 6

Mechanical Waves

Answer 6

Waves that need a medium to travel through

Question 7

Medium

Answer 7

A substance a wave travels through

Question 8

Electromagnetic Waves

Answer 8

Waves that do not require a medium to travel through

Question 9

Trough

Answer 9

The lowest part of a wave

Question 10

Transverse Waves

Answer 10

Causes the medium to move perpendicular (up and down)

Question 11

Amplitude

Answer 11

The height of a wave from the resting point (middle line) to the top. The more energy means more amplitude

Question 12

Longitudinal Waves

Answer 12

Causes the medium to move parallel to the wave (forward and backward)

Question 13

Rest Position

Answer 13

The midline of the wave. If there was not a wave, the medium would be flat at the rest position.