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Amplitude

The measure of the energy in a wave

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Compressional wave

A wave where matter moves in the same direction as the wave (parallel motion!)

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Crest

The highest point in a wave.

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Diffraction

When a wave bends as it passes around a barrier.

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Frequency

The number of wavelengths that pass a point in a second.

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Interference

When two or more waves overlap and combine to form a new wave.

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Medium

The matter that a wave travels through

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Refraction

When a wave bends as it moves from one medium to another

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Resonance

The ability of an object to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequency

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Standing wave

When waves continuously interfere with each other

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Transverse

A wave where matter moves at right angles to the direction that the wave moves

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Trough

The lowest point in a wave

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Wave

A repeating disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space

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Wavelength

The distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it

Kartensatzinfo:

Autor: CoboCards-User

Oberthema: Physical Science

Thema: Waves

Schule / Uni: Sioux Central Schools

Ort: Sioux Rapids, IA

Veröffentlicht: 01.12.2010

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