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| a disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave |
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| the matter a wave passes through |
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| What is a mechanical waves |
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| Waves that use matter to transfer energy |
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| What is a transverse wave |
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| a wave that causes the matter to move up and down or left to right |
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| What are the highest points of a transverse wave ? |
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| What are the lowest points of a transverse waves? |
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| What is a compressional wave? |
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| When matter in the medium moves forward and backward along the same direction that the wave travels. |
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| What kind of waves are sound waves ? |
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| What are waves called that can travel in space? |
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| 1/2 the distance between a crest and a trough. |
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| distance from the top of one crest to the top of the next crest |
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| What can slinkies be used to describe? |
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