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Karteikarten von Jessica Maltzman, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Jessica Maltzman
vor fast 9 Jahre
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| Frage | Antworten |
| A disturbance in a medium that carries energy from place to place | Wave |
| Examples of waves are... | sound waves, radio waves, ocean waves, sonar waves |
| A substance - solid, liquid, or gas - through which something can travel | Medium |
| Examples of different mediums are... | water, air, ground |
| A wave that moves across the medium PERPENDICULAR to the direction the wave travels | Transverse wave |
| Examples of transverse waves are... | ocean waves, a snake slithering, radio waves, people doing the wave at the Cardinals game |
| The highest part of a transverse wave | crest |
| The lowest part of a transverse wave | Trough |
| The distance between one crest and the next crest in a transverse wave | Wavelength |
| The height from resting position to the crest of the transverse wave | Amplitude |
| A wave with a higher amplitude will be... | a bigger wave with more energy |
| A wave that moves across the medium PARALLEL to the direction the wave travels (squeezes back & forth) | Longitudinal wave |
| Examples of longitudinal waves are... | slinky, spring, earthworm, sonic boom |
| In addition to energy, waves can also carry... | information (sound) |
| Examples of the type of sound waves can carry... | talking, music, Morse code |
| In the diagram, #1 is called... | wavelength |
| In the diagram, #2 is called... | amplitude |
| In the diagram, #3 is called... | crest |
| In the diagram, #4 is called... | trough |
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