Label the Diagram

← Waves

Tap a word, then tap its numbered spot on the picture. You can also choose words in the numbered list.

A curved disturbance crosses a dashed reference line, with horizontal crest-to-crest and vertical reference-to-peak measurement arrows. Below is a coiled spring with crowded and spread-out sections and separate motion arrows.
Two kinds of waves

About this model: The upper picture is a snapshot of a moving disturbance. The lower picture shows alternating crowded and spread-out parts. Material moves back and forth while energy travels along the wave.

Original PotentELL science illustration

Word bank (8)

Numbered spots

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