Waves- Pretest
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- Q1a disturbance that transfers energy through matter or empty spacewave30s
- Q2a wave in which the particles vibrate is up and down motion to the direction of the disturbancetransverse wave30s
- Q3a wave that the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth along the path that the waves movelongitudinal wave30s
- Q4lowest point (valley) of a wavetrough30s
- Q5highest point (peak) of a wavecrest30s
- Q6for transverse waves: the distance between the resting point (or equilibrium) to the crest or troughamplitude30s
- Q7the number of crests or troughs that are made in a given timefrequency30s
- Q8any substance that a wave moves through; solid, liquid or gasmedium30s
- Q9waves that transfer energy through mattermechanical wave30s
- Q10the distance from one wave crest to the very next crest. (This may also be measured from trough to trough.)wavelength30s
- Q11the bouncing back of a wave as it strikes a barrierreflection30s
- Q12The bending of waves around a barrier or through openingdiffraction30s
- Q13example of a longitudinal wave; mechanicalsound wave30s
- Q14In a wave is the largest distance the part ice in a wave vibrate from their rest positionamplitude30s
- Q15___________is an electromagnetic wave.light30s