Wave Vocabulary
Use this game to help you better understand the different parts and types of waves.
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Topics of this game:
- The distance between two corresponding points on successive waves. (m)
- The number of complete oscillations in one second. (Hz)
- The time it takes to do one oscillation. (s)
- The distance from the mean position to the extreme position (maximum or minimum points).
- Travel in a direction perpendicular to the particles of the medium.
- Travel in the same direction of motion as the particles of the medium.
- Repetitive movement through an equilibrium position of an object; maximum displacement on one side is equal to the maximum displacement on other side
- Highest point in a wave
- Lowest point in a wave
- A disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location transferring energy
- A substance or material that a wave can travel through (water, oil, rocks, etc).
- The position where maximum displacement occurs in a wave (either at a crest and trough!)
- The position where zero displacement occurs in a wave (minimum amplitude)
- Point where particles are closest together. It’s the equivalent of a crest in a transverse wave.
- Point where particles are farthest apart. It’s the equivalent of a trough in a transverse wave.
- The bouncing back of a wave as it meets a surface or boundary.
- The bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another.
- The bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an opening.
- Occurs when one object vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object causes the second object to vibrate too.
- This type of wave does NOT require a medium to travel through.
- This type of wave requires a medium to travel through.
- Two or more waves combine so that the resulting wave is bigger than the original waves.
- Two or more waves combine so that the resulting wave is smaller than the original waves.
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