Key Terms
mechanical wave
traveling wave
crests
troughs
wavelength
amplitude
propagates
transverse
period
frequency
wavefronts
superposition
interfere
constructive interference
destructive interference
in phase
out of phase
standing wave
nodes
antinodes
harmonic (resonant) wavelengths
harmonic number
harmonic (resonant) frequencies
fundamental standing wave
compressions
rarefactions
longitudinal
bulk modulus
beat
overtone
Doppler effect