Chapter 8 Vocab
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- Q1occurs when a wave strikes an object or surface and bounces offRefractionReflectionInterferenceDiffraction30s
- Q2bending of a wave as it moves from one medium into another mediuminterferencediffractionrefractionreflection30s
- Q3bending of waves around a barrierreflectionrefractioninterferencediffraction30s
- Q4occurs when two or more waves combine and form a new wave when they overlaprefractioninterferencediffractionreflection30s
- Q5rhythmic disturbance that carries energy but not matteramplitudefrequencywaveinterference30s
- Q6a type of wave that can travel only through mattercompressional wavetransverse wavemechanical waveelectromagnetic wave30s
- Q7a type of mechanical wave in which the wave energy causes matter in the medium to move up and down or back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travelselectromagnetic waveamplitudetransverse wave30s
- Q8a type of mechanical wave in which matter in the medium moves forward and backward along the direction the wave travelselectromagnetic wavetransverse wavecompressional wave30s
- Q9waves that can travel through matter or space; includes radio waves, infrared waves, visible light waves, ultraviolet waves, X rays, and gamma raystransverse waveelectromagnetic wavecompressional wave30s
- Q10for a transverse wave, one half the distance between a crest and troughwavelengthamplitudetroughcrest30s
- Q11for a transverse wave, the distance between the tops of two adjacent crests or the bottoms of two adjacent troughs; for a compressional wave, the distance from the centers of adjacent rarefactions or adjacent compressionsfrequencyamplitudecrestwavelength30s
- Q12number of wavelengths that pass a given point one second, measured in hertz (Hz)frequencycrestwavelengthamplitude30s
- Q13the highest point of the wavecrestamplitudetroughwavelength30s
- Q14the lowest point of a waveamplitudetroughfrequencycrest30s