Waves review | Behavior of waves | Behavior fill ins | Sound waves |
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What is a medium
The material through which waves travel.
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What is reflection
When a wave bounces off a surface that it cannot pass through.
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What is reflection
_____________'does not change the speed or frequency of a wave but the wave can be flipped upside down
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Longitudinal
Sound waves are longitudinal or transverse waves
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What is a transverse wave
A wave that causes the medium to vibrate at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels.
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What is refraction
The bending of a wave as it enters a medium at an angle
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Refraction
When a wave enters a medium at an angle, _____________ occurs because one side of the wave moves more slowly than the other side.
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Solid
Sound waves travel fastest in what medium? (Solid, liquid or gas)
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What is a longitudinal wave
A wave in which he vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels.
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What is diffraction
Bending of a wave as it moves around an obstacle or passes through a narrow opening
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Diffraction
A wave ___________ more if it's wavelength is large compared to the size of an opening
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Doppler effect
A change in Sound frequency caused by motion of the source, motion of the listener or both.
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What is frequency
The number of complete cycles in a given time.
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What is destructive interference
When two or more waves combine to produce A wave with smaller displacements
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Amplitude
The more energy a wave has the greater the ________________
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What is constructive interference
When two or more waves combine to produce a wave with a larger displacement
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