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Waves

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    Longitudinal and Mechanical Waves
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  • What type of wave is a sound wave: longitudinal or electromagnetic?
    longitudinal
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  • What type of wave is a light wave: longitudinal or electromagnetic?
    electromagnetic
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  • The highest point on a wave is called...
    crest
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  • The lowest point on a wave is called...
    trough
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  • The material a wave travels through is called...
    medium
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  • The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given unit of time.
    frequency
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  • The amount of energy in a wave; the distance from the rest position to the highest point on a wave is called...
    amplitude
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  • The distance from a crest of a wave to the next crest of a wave is called...
    wavelength
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  • Waves transfer...
    energy
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  • True or false: Sound waves need to travel through a medium, or material.
    True
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  • Wave frequency is measured in the unit of...
    Hertz
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  • Sound waves have the best quality when travelling through which medium?
    solid
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  • The electromagnetic wave with the highest frequency and shortest wavelength is...
    gamma
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  • The electromagnetic wave with the lowest frequency and longest wavelength is...
    radio waves
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  • List the waves in order from lowest frequency to highest frequency.
    radio, micro, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma
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  • As the wavelength increases, the frequency...
    decreases
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