A periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium

Waves that require a medium to transmit energy

Wave that does not require a medium to travel

Wave where particles move perpendicularly to the direction

of the wave motion

Wave where particles move parallel to the direction of the

wave motion

Distance from the crest to the rest position on horizontal axis

the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on

the next wave

The speed that a wave travels through a medium

Velocity = wavelength • frequency

How many waves are made per time interval

the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through

the bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs

a change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an edge, such as an opening

When two or more waves share the same space at the same time

in optics, the transfer of light energy to particles of matter

the way our brain interprets electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength within the visible spectrum

ROYGBIV:

electromagnetic radiation that can be visible to the human eye.

a substance or material that carries the wave

electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between those of visible violet light and those of X rays

electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between those of visible red light and radio waves

a longitudinal wave that is caused by vibrations and that travels through a material medium

a phenomenon that occurs when two objects naturally vibrate at the same frequency; the sound produced by one object causes the other objectto vibrate

a measure of how high or low a sound is perceived to be, depending on the frequency of the sound wave