Characteristics of Waves Flashcards

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What is a Sine Curve?

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It is a wave on a graph that looks like a ton of connected sideways s’s

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What is the Crest of a Wave?

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The highest points of a transverse wave

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What is the Trough of a Wave?

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The lowest parts of a transverse wave

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What is the Amplitude of a Wave?

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The greatest distance between the crests/troughs and the original resting point

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What is the Compression of a Longitudinal Wave?

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When you make a longitudinal wave, any place where there are bunched up coils are called compressions

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What is Wavelength?

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The distance between two crests or troughs

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What is the Period of a Wave?

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The time it takes for one full wavelength to pass a certain point. Represented by ‘t’

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What is the Frequency of a Wave?

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The number of wavelengths that pass in a certain time

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What is the Frequency-Period Equation?

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f=1/T

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What can our eyes see?

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We can see light frequencies ranging between 4.310^14 to 7.510^14. This range is known as visible light. The full range of all light wavelengths is called the Electromagnetic Spectrum.

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What is the Wave Speed Formula?

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wave speed=frequency*wavelength

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What is a Medium?

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The material that a wave travels through.

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What are the Mediums that waves travel fastest through?

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Solids and liquids because their particles are very close together.

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What is the Speed of Light?

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3*10^8m/s (186,000 mi/s)

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What is Pitch?

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How high or low a sound is.

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What is the Doppler Effect?

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The frequency of a wave that changes resulting from the motion of the source or observer.