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Waves Vocabulary

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  • Which type of wave does not require a medium to travel through?
    Electromagnetic wave
  • What is the highest point of a wave?
    Crest
  • What is labeled in the image?
    Wavelength
  • What is one example of an electromagnetic wave?
    Radio waves, light waves, microwaves
  • What is labeled in the image?
    Crest
  • What type of wave is shown in the image?
    Longitudinal
  • What type of wave moves in a "long line?"
    Longitudinal
  • Which type of wave is shown in the image?
    Transverse
  • What is the lowest point of a wave?
    Trough
  • As the speed of a wave increases, the _______________ increases.
    Frequency
  • Which type of wave requires a medium to travel through?
    Mechanical
  • The time it takes for one wave to pass through a point is....
    Period
  • Which type of waves transfer energy?
    ALL of them !
  • What does a wave move through?
    A medium (matter)
  • What do waves transfer?
    Energy
  • The distance between two points on a wave is the.....
    Wavelength
  • What is the height of a wave called?
    Amplitude
  • What is labeled in the image?
    Trough
  • What is labeled in the image?
    Amplitude
  • What type of wave moves "across"?
    Transverse