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| a device that measures temperature |
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a measure of the average kinetic energy of
all the particles within an object |
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the temperature at which an object’s
energy is minimal |
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the transfer of energy from the particles of one object to those of
another object due to a temperature difference |
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the transfer of energy as heat between particles
as they collide within a substance or between two objects in contact |
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the transfer of energy by the movement of
fluids with different temperatures |
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the flow of a fluid due to
heated expansion followed by cooling and contraction |
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the transfer of energy by electromagnetic
waves |
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a material through which energy can be easily
transferred as heat |
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| a material that is a poor energy conductor |
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a disturbance that transmits energy through matter or
space |
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| the matter through which a wave travels |
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a wave that requires a medium
through which to travel |
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a wave that is caused
by a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields and that does not require a
medium; also called a light wave |
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a wave that causes the particles of
the medium to vibrate perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels |
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a wave that causes the
particles of the medium to vibrate parallel to the direction the wave travels |
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| the highest point of a transverse wave |
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| the lowest point of a transverse wave |
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the greatest distance that particles in a medium
move from their normal position when a wave passes by |
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the distance between any two successive identical
parts of a wave |
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the time required for one full wavelength to pass a certain
point |
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the number of vibrations that occur in a 1 s time
interval |
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the speed at which a wave passes through a
medium |
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an observed change in the frequency of a
wave when the source or observer is moving |
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the bouncing back of a wave as it meets a surface or
boundary |
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the bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an
opening |
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the bending of waves as they pass from one
medium to another |
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the combination of two or more waves that exist
in the same place at the same time |
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| constructive interference |
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any
interference in which waves combine so that the resulting wave is bigger than the
original waves |
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any interference in
which waves combine so that the resulting wave is smaller than the largest of the
original waves |
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a wave form caused by interference that
appears not to move along the medium and that shows some regions of no
vibration (nodes) and other regions of maximum vibration (antinodes) |
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