Ch1 Test Flashcards
What are the four parts of a wave?
Crest, Trough, Amplitude, and Wavelength
What’s the lowest part of a wave?
Trough
What’s the highest part of a wave?
Crest
Relationship between wavelength + energy is? (choose between direct and inverse)
Inverse (one decreases, one increases)
relationship between frequency and wavelength is?
inverse
relationship between frequency and energy is?
direct (if one increases, the other increases. same thing with decreases)
is a radio wavelength long or short?
long
how about a gamma ray wavelength?
short
what are the three basic particles of an atom?
proton, neutron, and electron
what is the relative mass of a p+?
1
what is the relative charge of a p+?
1+
where is the location of the proton?
nucleus
how about the relative mass of an e-?
0
and its relative charge?
-1
where is it located?
electron cloud