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| matter the waves travels through |
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| Matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travels |
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| Matter in the medium moves back and forth along the same direction the wave travels |
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| less dense regions of a compressional wave |
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| Distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it |
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| the number of wavelength that pass a fixed point each second |
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| the amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point |
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| related to the energy transfered by a wave |
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| bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another |
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| occurs when an object causes a wave to change direction and bend around it |
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| when two or more waves overlap and combine to form a new wave |
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| type of wave pattern that forms when waves equal in wavelength and amplitude but are traveling in opposite directions continously interfer with eachother |
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| amount of energy transfered by a sound wave through a certain area each second |
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| human perception of frequency of sound waves |
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| change in pitch of frequency due to the relative motion of a wave source |
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| the ratio of the speed of light in a vaccum to the speed of light in the material |
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| thicker in the middle thinner at the edges |
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| thinner in the middle and thicker at the edges |
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| colored material that is used to change the color of other substances |
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| surface of the mirror is curved inward |
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