Physics: Waves and Behaviors Notes

________- easily absorbed by water (radar, cell phone)

________- one wave that travels through a medium.

________ (Hz)- 1 Hz= 1 wave per second.

________- distance from center to crest trough.

________- top of the wave.

________: Waves and Behaviors Notes.

________- one complete cycle of a wave.

________- bottom of the wave.

________- material the wave travels through.

________- don't require a medium, travels fastest in a vacuum.

________- imaging bones, radiotherapy.

________- combining of waves.

________- only part of spectrum you see.

________- created by stars and celestial objects, no medium is needed (radio)

________- requires a medium (sound, water)

________- moves perpendicular.

________ height and energy.