Waves Vocabulary

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a substance through which a wave can travel

waves that need a medium to travel

a type of energy that travels as an electromagnetic wave

waves that do not need a medium to travel

the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to human eyes

waves in which the particles vibrate back and forth in compressional pulses

wave height

the number of waves that pass by a point each second