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Science Stacks STUDY
Question | Answer |
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A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called | Waves |
Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to | Vibrate/Move |
The speed of a wave is its wavelength multiplied by its | Frequency |
The bending of waves due to a change in speed is called | Refraction |
The bending of waves around the edge of a barrier is known as | Defraction |
The interaction between two waves that meet is called | Interference |
Waves combine to make a wave with larger amplitude in a process called | Constructive interference |
When an incoming wave combines with a reflected wave in such a way that the combined wave appears to be standing still, the result is a | Standing Wave |
What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency? | Resident Frequency |
A wave travels through a medium because | Pass through particle to particle |
Mechanical waves are classified according to | How they move |
Frequency is measured in units called | Hertz or Hz |
When a wave hits a surface through which t CANNOT pass and bounces back, it undergoes | Reflection |
Waves combine to produce a smaller or zero-amplitude wave in a process called | Destructive interference |
Why do you see lightning from a distant storm before you hear thunder? | Light is faster than the speed of sound |
Compression and rarefaction are characteristic of what type of wave? | Longitudinal wave |
The distance between two consecutive crests of a wave is called the | Wavelength |