Copy of Waves Vocab Test (6/7/2024) - Trevor Townsend | Library | Formative

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The frequency at which an object oscillates by itself		Amplitude
The maximum displacement from equilibrium		Frequency
		Hertz

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The state that exists when a system is subject to driven oscillations at its natural frequency		Periodic Motion
Any motion that repeats itself over and over		Resonance

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A point of maximum displacement on a standing wave		Transverse wave
The highest point on a wave		Wave
		Antinode

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The material a wave travels through		Destructive interference
A wave in which the particles oscillate parallel to the direction in which the wave travels		Longitudinal wave

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The combined result of adding the amplitudes of overlapping waves		Principal of Superposition
The distance from one crest to the next or from one trough to the next		Resultant Wave