Wave Characteristics Flashcards

The ability to do work or cause change.

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

Forward direction of travel for a wave.

<p>The material through which a wave travels.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rapid back and forth movement; vibration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The highest part of a transverse wave.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lowest part of a transverse wave.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave; could be from crest to crest or trough to trough.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The maximum distance that the particles of a medium move from the rest position (1/2 total wave height).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>increase.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time (usually 1 second).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unit of measurement for wave frequency (waves per second).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>decrease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Waves which require matter for it to move through.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Waves that can move both through the vacuum of space and through a medium. They disturb electric and magnetic fields.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Waves that oscillate perpendicular to the direction in which the waves are traveling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Waves that oscillate parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The part of a longitudinal wave where the coils (or molecules) are farther apart.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The part of a longitudinal wave where the coils (or molecules) are closer together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The speed at which the energy of a wave moves; the distance a wave travels per second (speed = frequency x wavelength).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a certain point (T=1/f).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The transfer of energy from a wave to the molecules of a medium (usually as heat or motion). The wave's amplitude is reduced and propagation may stop.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The progression of a wave through a medium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The bending of waves due to a change in speed as they enter a different medium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The bending of waves around a barrier or through a gap.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When two waves combine to make a larger amplitude.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When two waves combine to make a smaller amplitude.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The increase in the amplitude of vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object's natural frequency.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Water waves (ripples), X-rays, sunlight.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sound waves, pushing a Slinky, seismic waves (earthquakes).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A point on a standing wave that does not oscillate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Areas of maximum oscillation on standing waves.</p> Signup and view all the answers