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

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The time required to complete one full cycle of periodic motion		Amplitude
A unit of frequency		Frequency
The number of oscillations per unit of time		Hertz
The frequency at which an object oscillates by itself		Natural frequency
The maximum displacement from equilibrium		Period

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
A device consisting of a mass suspended by a string or a rod		Periodic Motion
The state that exists when a system is subject to driven oscillations at its natural frequency		Resonance
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		Restoring Force
A force that acts to bring an object back to equilibrium		Simple Harmonic Motion
Any motion that repeats itself over and over		Simple Pendulum

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
A disturbance that travels from one place to another carrying energy along with it		Transverse wave
Interference that occurs when waves combine to form a larger wave		Wave
A point of maximum displacement on a standing wave		Antinode
The highest point on a wave		Crest
A wave in which the particles oscillate at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels		Constructive interference

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
A wave that requires a medium to travel through		Destructive interference
A point on a standing wave that does not move		Longitudinal wave
Interference that occurs when waves combine to form a smaller wave		Medium
A wave in which the particles oscillate parallel to the direction in which the wave travels		Mechanical wave
The material a wave travels through		Node

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The principle stating that a resultant wave is simply the sum of the individual waves that make it up		Principal of Superposition
The distance from one crest to the next or from one trough to the next		Resultant Wave
The combined result of adding the amplitudes of overlapping waves		Standing wave
The lowest point on a wave		Trough
A wave that oscillates in a fixed location		Wavelength