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| when a wave strikes an object and bounces off |
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| repeating disturbances that transfer energy through matter or space |
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| highest point of a transverse wave |
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| region where the medium is crowded and dense in a compressional wave |
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| wave that makes matter in the medium move back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travels. |
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| ability if two or more waves to combine and form a new wave |
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| lowest point of a transverse wave |
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| material through which a wave transfers energy. |
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| the bending of waves around a barrier |
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| less dense region of a compressional wave |
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| ability of an object to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequency |
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| wave in which matter in the medium moves back and forth in the same direction the wave travels. |
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| distance between one point in a wave and the nearest point just like it |
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| measure of how many wavelengths pass a fixed point each second |
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| the angle of incidence is equal to the ange of reflection |
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the measure of energy of a wave
how high the wave is |
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| a special type of wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude traveling in opposite directions continuously interfere with each other |
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| the bending of a wave caused by a change in it's speed as it moves from one medium to another |
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