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Wavelengths Vocabulary and diagrams
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20 vocabulary words and 3 diagrams for wavelengths properties
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Waves
Answer: A disturbance that transfers energy form place to place
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Frequency
Answer: The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
3.
Wavelength
Answer: The distance between 2 corresponding parts on a wave - such as the distance between 2 crest or 2 troughs
4.
Medium
Answer: The material through which a wave travels
5.
Trough
Answer: The lowest part of transverse wave
6.
Energy
Answer: the ability to do work or cause a change
7.
Amplitude
Answer: The height of a transverse wave form center to a crest or a trough - a maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a longitudinal wave passes through the medium
8.
Crest
Answer: The highest point in the transverse wave
9.
Diffraction
Answer: The bending or spreading of waves as they move around a barrier or pass through an opening
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Destructive interference
Answer: The interference that has cues when 2 waves combine to make a wave with an amplitude smaller than the amplitude in f either of the individual waves
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