Sciece Ch.1

A periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium.

Substance through which a wave can travel.

A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling.

A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion.

A combination of longitudinal and transverse waves. Particles move in a circulation motion.

A longitudinal wave that is caused by vibrations and that travels through a material medium.

Waves that need a medium.

Light waves. Do not require a medium.

Highest point on a transverse wave.

Lowest point between each crest.

Part of a longitudinal wave where th particles are crowded.

Part where the particles are spread apart.

The point where the particles of a medium stay when there are no disturbances.

The maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium vibrate from their rest position.

The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave.

The number of waves produced in a given amount of time.

The speed at which a wave travels through a medium.

The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface which the speed of the wave differs.

The bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs.

A change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an edge, such as an opening.

The combinaton of 2 or more waves that results in a single wave.

When the crests of one wave overlap the crests of another wave or waves.

When the crests of one wave and the troughs of another wave overlap.

A pattern of vibration that simulates a wave that is standing still.

A phenomenon that occurs when 2 objects naturally vibrate at the same frequency; the sound produced by one object causes the other object to vibrate.