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Total cards: 18•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

wave

Back (Answer)

a repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter and space (medium)

#2
Front (Question)

medium

Back (Answer)

anything that a wave can travel through

#3
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Crest

Back (Answer)

high point of a wave

#4
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trough

Back (Answer)

low part of a wave

#5
Front (Question)

rest position

Back (Answer)

mid point of a wave

#6
Front (Question)

node

Back (Answer)

marks beginning and end of waves

#7
Front (Question)

amplitude

Back (Answer)

how high up and how low the wave goes from the rest position

#8
Front (Question)

wavelength

Back (Answer)

the distance from the top of one crest to the top of the next crest or node to the next node

#9
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transverse waves

Back (Answer)

motion of the medium is at right angles to the direction of travel ex. tidal wave

#10
Front (Question)

longitudinal (compression wave)

Back (Answer)

wave that particles move along the direction of the wave

#11
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compression

Back (Answer)

a compression is a dense region of a longitudinal wave

#12
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rarification

Back (Answer)

less dense area of a wave

#13
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frequency

Back (Answer)

number of wavelengths in one seccond

#14
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sound

Back (Answer)

longitudinal waves that travel through a medium

#15
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intensity

Back (Answer)

how tall the waves are in sound

#16
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loudness

Back (Answer)

our perception of intensity

#17
Front (Question)

Decibles

Back (Answer)

measurement of how intense sound waves are

#18
Front (Question)

Pitch

Back (Answer)

out perception of how high or low a sound is