a disturbance caused by energy moving through a system in a cyclical pattern

high point of a wave

Low point of a wave

Height of a wave above the centerline

How fast the wave is moving through a medium

Number of waves passing a given point in a certain amount of time, measured in Hertz (Hz)

Distance between points where the wave begins to repeat itself

The way waves travel

Wave that vibrates in the direction of its propagation

When a wave bounces off of something and moves in a different direction

Waves that propagate through the earth due to a geologic disturbance like an earthquake

when a wave is bent by traveling from one medium to another

when a wave hits a medium and transfers its energy to the particles of that medium

The substance that a wave is passing through

A wave that propagates sound, requires a medium

a form of electromagnetic radiation that doesn't require a medium to pass through