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

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The number of oscillations per unit of time

Amplitude

The time required to complete one full cycle of periodic motion

Frequency

The frequency at which an object oscillates by itself

Hertz

The maximum displacement from equilibrium

Natural frequency

A unit of frequency

Period

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

Periodic Motion

A force that acts to bring an object back to equilibrium

Resonance

Any motion that repeats itself over and over

Restoring Force

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

Simple Harmonic Motion

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

Simple Pendulum

Interference that occurs when waves combine to form a larger wave

Transverse wave

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

Wave

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

Antinode

A point of maximum displacement on a standing wave

Crest

The highest point on a wave

Constructive interference

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

Destructive interference

A wave that requires a medium to travel through

Longitudinal wave

A point on a standing wave that does not move

Medium

The material a wave travels through

Mechanical wave

Interference that occurs when waves combine to form a smaller wave

Node

A wave that oscillates in a fixed location

Principal of Superposition

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

Resultant Wave

The lowest point on a wave

Standing wave

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

Trough

The combined result of adding the amplitudes of overlapping waves

Wavelength