Copy of Waves Vocab Test (6/7/2024)

The number of oscillations per unit of time

The time required to complete one full cycle of periodic motion

The frequency at which an object oscillates by itself

The maximum displacement from equilibrium

A unit of frequency

Motion that occurs when the force pushing or pulling an object toward the equilibrium position is proportional to the object’s displacement from that position

A force that acts to bring an object back to equilibrium

Any motion that repeats itself over and over

A device consisting of a mass suspended by a string or a rod

The state that exists when a system is subject to driven oscillations at its natural frequency

Interference that occurs when waves combine to form a larger wave

A wave in which the particles oscillate at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels

A disturbance that travels from one place to another carrying energy along with it

A point of maximum displacement on a standing wave

The highest point on a wave

A wave in which the particles oscillate parallel to the direction in which the wave travels

A wave that requires a medium to travel through

A point on a standing wave that does not move

The material a wave travels through

Interference that occurs when waves combine to form a smaller wave

A wave that oscillates in a fixed location

The principle stating that a resultant wave is simply the sum of the individual waves that make it up

The lowest point on a wave

The distance from one crest to the next or from one trough to the next

The combined result of adding the amplitudes of overlapping waves