waves, disturbances that transfer energy, mechanical wave, a disturbance that travels through a material, or medium, electromagnetic wave, a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields, amplitude, the maximum distance that the particles of a waves medium vibrate from their rest position, wavelength, the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave, frequency, the number of waves or wave cycle produced in a given amount of time, wave period, the time required for identical points on consecutive waves to pass a given point, energy, the ability to do work, longitudinal wave, travel in the same direction as the disturbance., transverse wave, move perpendicular to the direction of a vibration, perpendicular, at an angle of 90 degrees, crest, the highest part of a wave, trough, the lowest part of a wave, motion, a change in position of an object over time, hertz, unit of measurement for frequency, wave speed, the speed at which a wave travels, gamma rays, consists of waves with the highest frequencies, cycles per second, another unit for hertz, medium, the material a wave can travel through, surface wave, formed from combining a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave

Introduction to Waves

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