CK-12 Physical Science Concepts - For Middle School

5.24. Longitudinal Wave http://www.ck12.org Places where particles of the medium crowd closer together are called compressions. ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy 5.25 Surface Wave Define surface wave and give an example. Describe the motion of particl ...

5.25 Surface Wave medium move up and down as well as back and forth. This gives them an overall circular motion. You can see how ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy FIGURE 5.51 Vocabulary surface wave: Combined transverse longitudinal wave that travels a ...

5.26 Wave Amplitude 5.26 Wave Amplitude Define wave amplitude. State how to measure the amplitude of transverse and longitudina ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy In a longitudinal wave, particles of the medium move back and forth in the same direction ...

5.26. Wave Amplitude http://www.ck12.org Summary Wave amplitude is the maximum distance the particles of the medium move from t ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy FIGURE 5.54 ...

5.27. Wavelength http://www.ck12.org 5.27 Wavelength Define wavelength. Describe the wavelength of transverse and longitudinal ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy FIGURE 5.55 FIGURE 5.56 Wavelength and Wave Energy The wavelength of a wave is related to ...

5.27. Wavelength http://www.ck12.org FIGURE 5.57 Vocabulary wavelength: Distance between two corresponding points of adjacent w ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy 5.28 Wave Frequency Define wave frequency. Identify the SI unit for wave frequency. Expla ...

5.28. Wave Frequency http://www.ck12.org FIGURE 5.58 FIGURE 5.59 Summary Wave frequency is the number of waves that pass a fixe ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy Relate wave frequency to the energy of waves. ...

5.29. Wave Speed http://www.ck12.org 5.29 Wave Speed Define wave speed. Relate wave speed to wavelength and wave frequency. Sho ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy A:Increasing the wavelength of a wave doesn’t change its speed. That’s because when wavele ...

5.29. Wave Speed http://www.ck12.org and farthest apart in gases. When particles are farther apart, it takes longer for the ener ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy 5.30 Wave Interactions Identify ways that waves can interact with matter. Define and give ...

5.30. Wave Interactions http://www.ck12.org Reflected waves have the same speed and frequency as the original waves before they ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy Waves bend as they enter a new medium because they start traveling at a different speed in ...