| A | B |
|---|
| amplitude | a measure of a waves energy |
| sound | example of a compressional wave |
| wavelength | distance between a point on one wave and an identical point on the next wave |
| reflection | what happens when a wave strikes an object and bounces off |
| interference | ability of two or more waves to form a new wave when they overlap |
| transverse | wave in which matter moves at right angles to the direction of the wave |
| compressional | wave in which matter moves in the same direction as the wave |
| diffraction | the bending of waves around a barrier |
| trough | lowest point on a transverse wave |
| frequency | number of waves that pass a given point in one second |
