True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false.
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longitudinal wave ? a wave that causes the particles of the medium to vibrate
parallel to the direction that wave travels
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crest ? the highest point of a transverse wave
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medium ? a distrubance that transmits energy through matter of space
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destructive inteference ? interference in which waves combine so that the
resulting wave is smaller than the largest of the orginal waves
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transverse wave ? a wave that causes the particles of the medium to vibrate
perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels
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interference ? combination of two or move waves that exist in the same place at
the same time
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constructive interfernce ? any interference in which waves combin so that the
resulting wave is bigher than the orginal wave
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reflection ? the bouncing back of a wave as it meets a surface or
boundary
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standing wave ? a wave from caused by interfeence that appears not to move
along the medium and that shows some regions of no vibration and orther regions of maximum
vibration
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diffraction ? the bending of wavess as they pass from one medium to
another
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amplitude ? the matter through which a wave travels
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trough ? the lowest point of a transverse wave
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doppler effect ? an observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source
or observer is moving
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doppler effect ? an observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source
or observer is moving
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wave ? a distrubance that transmits energy through matter of
space
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refraction ? the bending of wavess as they pass from one medium to
another
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electromagnetic wave ? a wavethat requires a medium through which to
travel
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mechanical wave ? a wave from caused by interfeence that appears not to move along the
medium and that shows some regions of no vibration and orther regions of maximum
vibration
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