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| A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place |
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| The material through which a wave travels |
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| A wave that requires a medium through which to travel |
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| A repeated back and forth or up and down motion |
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| A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels. |
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| The highest part of a transverse wave |
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| The lowest part of a transverse wave |
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| A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels |
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| The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together |
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| The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart |
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| The maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through the medium |
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| The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave |
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| The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time |
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| Unit of measurement for frequency |
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| The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass |
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| The rule that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence |
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| The bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle |
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| The bending of waves as they move around a barrier or pass through an opening |
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| The interaction between waves that meet |
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| Constructive Interference |
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| The interference that occurs when waves combine to make a wave with a larger amplitude |
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| The interference that occurs when two waves combine to make a wave with a smaller amplitude |
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| A wave that appears to stand in one place even though it is really two waves interfering as they pass through each other |
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| A point of zero amplitude on a standing wave |
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| A point of maximum amplitude on a standing wave |
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| The increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object's natural frequency. |
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