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| What word means:a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place? |
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| What word means:the material through which a wave travels? |
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| Give an example of a solid medium. |
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| Give an example of a liquid medium. |
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| Give an example of a gas medium. |
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| What type of waves travel without a medium? |
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| What type of waves require a medium through which to travel? |
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| What word means:a repeated back and forth or up and down movement? |
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| When energy causes the medium to vibrate |
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| How are mechanical waves produced? |
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| transverse and longitudinal |
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| Based upon their movement, what are two types of mechanical waves? |
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| At right angles to the direction of the wave |
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| How do transverse waves move? |
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| Parallel to the direction of the wave |
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| How do longitudinal waves move? |
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| What word means:the highest part of a transverse wave? |
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| What word means:the lowest part of a transverse wave? |
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| What word means:when the parts of a longitudinal wave are close together? |
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| What word means:when the parts of a longitudinal wave are spread out? |
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| What word means:the maximum distance the particles of the medium are moved from their resting position? |
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| What word means:the distance between to corresponding parts of a wave (crest to crest)? |
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| What word means:the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time? |
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| What unit is used to measure frquency? |
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| speed = wavelength x frequency |
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| What is the formula for finding the speed of a wave? |
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| Be able to put the formula for speed into Mr. D's teepee form. |
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| What word means:the bouncing back of an object or wave when it hits a surface through which it can't pass? |
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