
Wave Properties
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- Q1a disturbance that transfers energy from place to placewavewavelengthcresttrough30s
- Q2ability to do workenergy30s
- Q3material through which a wave travelsmedium30s
- Q4A wave that requires a medium through which to travelmechanical wave30s
- Q5A repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motionvibration30s
- Q6A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is travelingtransverse wave30s
- Q7A wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travelslongitudinal wave30s
- Q8Highest point of a wavecrest30s
- Q9Lowest point of a wave.trough30s
- Q10the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close togethercompression30s
- Q11a part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apartrarefaction30s
- Q12maximum distance the particles of a medium carrying the wave move away from the rest positionamplitude30s
- Q13The position where the wave is at rest, half way between the crest and trough. Amplitude is 0.rest position30s
- Q14the horizontal distance between two corresponding parts of a wave (ex. crest to crest; trough to trough)wavelength30s
- Q15number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of timefrequency30s
