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| the max distance the particles of a medium can move from their rest position |
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| the point of max amplitude on a standing wave |
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| the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles particles of the medium are close together |
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| the interference that occurs when wavees combine to make a wave with larger amplitude |
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| the highest part of a transverse wave |
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| the interference that occurs when when two wavve combine to make a wave with smaller amplitude |
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| the bending of waves as they move around a barrier or pass though an opening |
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| the number of complete waves that pass a point in a certian amount of time |
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| unit of measurement for frequency |
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| the rule that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence |
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| the wave that move the meduim parallel to the direction of the wave |
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| a wave that requires a medium to travel |
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| the material though which a wave travels |
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| the point of zero amplitude on a standing wave |
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| the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart |
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| the bouncing back of an objecty when it hits a surface though which it can't pass |
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| the bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle |
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| a wve that appers to be standing ,eventhough it is two wave interferfering as they pass each other |
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| wave that moves the medium in the direction of perpendicular to that of the wave |
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| the lowest point of a transverse wave |
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| a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another |
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| the distance between teo corrosponding parts of a wave |
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| pereception of the frequency of sound |
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| the change in frequency of a wave as its source move in the relation to the observer |
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| collects sound waves and directs them into narrow region of ear |
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| a fulid filled cavity shaped like a sanil shell |
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| small tightly streched ,drumlike membrane |
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| membrane that seperates the middle ear from inner ear |
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| either one of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the organs of hearing and from the semicircular canals to the brain |
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| certain canals in the inner ear |
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| a lens that is thinner in the centerthen at the edges |
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| a lens that is thicker at the center than at the edges |
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| transparent surface part of the eye |
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| teh complete rangeof electomagnetic wave placed in order of increasing frequency |
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| transverse waves that transfer electrical and magnetic energy |
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| the ring of muscle that controls the size of the pupil and gives the eye its color |
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| a curved piece of glassor other transparent material that is used to reflect light |
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| not clear ,not transmitting or reflecting light |
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| short,thick nerve taht carries signals fromthe eye to the brain |
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| a tiny particle or packet of light energy |
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| a colored substance used to color other materials |
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| the opening in the center of the iris though light enters the insed of the eye |
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| a staright line used to represnet a light wave |
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| an upside-down image formed where rays of light meet |
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