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| how high or low a sound is; determined by frequency |
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| number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given time interval |
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| Greatest distance that particles are displaced from their normal rest |
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| how fast a wave moves, or how far a wave travels in a certain amount of time |
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| observed change in frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving |
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| distance between any two successive identical parts of a wave |
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| wave that has the shape of a sine curve (looks like an S lying on its side) |
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| time required for one full wavelength of a wave to pass a certain point |
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| point on a standing wave that has no vibration caused by complete destrucive interference |
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| pattern of vibration resulting from intereference between a wave and its reflected sound that simulates a wave standing still |
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| bouncing bacl of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary |
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| bending of waves when a wave changes speed passing from one medium to another at an angle |
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| Constructive Interference |
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| superposition of two or more waves when they meet crest to crest and reinforce one another creating a larger amlitude |
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| combining of two ot more waves into a single wave when they are in the same location |
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| point of maximum vibration on a stanfing wave caused by complete constructive interference |
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| bending of waves as they pass an edge, such as an opening, or encounter an obstacle |
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| superposition of two ro more waves when they meet crest to trough creating a smaller amplitude by partially canceling each other |
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| matter through which a wave travels |
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| wave that requires a medium through which to travel |
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| wave made of changing electric and magnetic fields in space |
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| circles of energy created by waves |
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| wave in which the wave motion is perpendicular to the particle motion |
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| highest point of a transverse wave |
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| lowest point of a transverse wave |
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| disturbance that carries energy through matter or space |
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| wave that travels through Earth |
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| huge ocean wave that is caused by an earthquake |
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| area of a longitudal wave where particles are crowded together |
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| wave in which particles move both perpendicularly and parallel to the direction in which the wave travels in an ellipse |
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| wave motion is parallel to the particle motion |
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| longitudal wave where particles are crowded together |
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