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| highest point of the wave |
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| a point of the wave that is still and doesn't move up and down |
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| two lines that will not touch each other ever (like railroads) |
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| lines that intersect that form a 90 degree angle |
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| the wavelength of the wave is is the distace beetween two successive crests (or two successesive troughs) |
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| the aplitude of the wave is the maximum height of the crest (or the trough) |
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| a mechanical wave needs a medium (solid, liquud, or gas) |
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| a body of water that is moving up and down looking as if the wave is moving toward the beach |
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| energy alows the wave to move up and down |
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| this is when particals move from one to another and then the water moves up and down |
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| a distubance that make the wave start to move |
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| A wave is a disturbance of a medium which transports energy through the medium without permanently transporting matter |
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| matter is anything that takes up space |
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| Seismic waves are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion |
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| Seismic waves are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion |
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| number of waves that pass a fixed point per unit time |
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| the act or process of making less dense or the state of being less dense |
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| a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted. |
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