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| What is a wave? | A repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space. |
| What does a wave carry? | Mechanical energy |
| How is a wave created? | Blowing on ocean surface for a long time |
| What is a mechanical wave? | A wave that is an oscillation of matter |
| List the 2 types of mechanical waves | Longitudinal waves and Transverse waves |
| What is a Transverse Wave? | a wave vibrating at right angles to the direction of its propagation |
| What is a Longitudinal Wave? | a wave vibrating in the direction of propagation. |
| How does the size of the ball on the plunger affect the amplitude of the waves? | The bigger the size of the plunger |
| What effect | if any |
| What effect | if any |
| What is the relationship between the frequency & the wavelength of a wave? | The frequency is the measure of how quickly or slowly the waves repeat themselves. The higher the frequency |
| What affect does frequency have on the amplitude of a wave? | The frequency does not affect the amplitude at all. They are both great variables. |
| What relationship exists between the amplitude of a wave and amount of disturbance in the water? | The greater the disturbance in the water |
| What is a Wave? | A repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or |
| Waves travel through matter - this is called a _________________ | MEDIUM |
| Mediums can be: ______________;_____________; and ______________. | Solid ( earth );Liquid ( water );Gas ( air ) |
| Light and radio waves travel through space and ____________ need a medium . | don’t |
| What are the types of Mechanical Waves: | Transverse waves and compression waves |
| What Mechanical Waves medium moves at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the wave? | Transverse waves |
| What Mechanical Waves medium moves along the same the direction as the wave? | Compression waves |
| What is another name for longitudinal waves? | Compressional waves |
| Which mechanical wave looks like a coiled wire? | Longitudinal wave |
| when a door slams. | air molecules |
| Sound waves travel through ________ & ________. | earth ; water |
| where the coils are less compressed is called a __________________________ waves. | Compressional; Rarefaction |
| Where do water waves start? | Wind |
| The size of a wave depends on _____________________? | wind speed . |
| What causes a wave to break as it nears the shoreline? | Shallow water |
