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| Carried by waves and does work |
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| Is not transported by waves |
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| The matter waves travel through. |
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| The medium of sound waves |
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| Require a medium in order to travel |
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| Examples of mechanical waves |
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| The medium travels perpendicular to the direction of the wave. |
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| Another name for compressional waves |
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| Between a crest and trough of a transverse wave |
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| High point of a transverse wave |
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| Low point of a transverse wave |
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| The distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it. |
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| the number of wavelengths 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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| The unit of period of a wave |
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| The part of a longitudinal wave which are close together |
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| The part of a longitudinal wave which are farther apart |
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| High amplitude of a longitudinal wave |
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| Very dense regions of compressions. |
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High Amplitude of a transverse wave.
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| A larger disturbance and difference between crest and trough. |
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| Related to the energy carried by the wave. |
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| Consturctive Interference |
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| Waves traveling in the same direction overlap and amplify the disturbance. |
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| Two waves cancel or reduce the disturbance. |
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| Transverse waves which do not require a medium |
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| Compressional or Longitudinal |
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| Created when molecules of the medium are pushed back and forth parallel to the direction of the wave motion. |
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| Determined by frequency of sound waves. |
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| Waves that change direction when they bounce off a barrier |
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| Waves that appear to bend when they go from one medium to another. |
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| When two waves meet while traveling in the same medium. |
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