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| type of wave; distrubance that travel through water |
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| disturbance travel in waves through air |
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| disturbance that travel in sesmic waves |
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| requires a medium through which to travel |
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| physical enviorment which phenomena occur |
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| oscillating electric and magnetic fields radiate outward at speed of light . |
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| exert force over certain distance/work |
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| mass bounce up and down or vibrates |
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| vibration that fades out as energy is transfered from object to another |
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| motion of particles is perpendicular to motion of the wave |
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| cause particles in medium to vibrate parallel to direction of wave motion |
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| highest point of transverse wave |
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| lowest point of transverse wave |
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| bouncing back of a wave when meets surface or boundary |
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| change in direction of wave through obstacle or eage |
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| combination of 1 or 2 more waves result in 1 wave |
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| constructive interference |
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| 2 or more waves produce same intensity of some 1 wave |
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| 2 or more waves prduce intesity equal to difference of 1 wave |
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| alternating loud and soft sounds |
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| maximun distance particles displace from normal resting position |
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| waves shaped of a sine curve |
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| distance from any point of wave to identical point on next wave |
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| time that it takes a complete cycle/wave oscillation to occur |
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| # wave lengths that pass a point in a given time interval |
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| the number of vibrations per second |
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| electroogamnetic waves in empty space travel at same speed |
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