Characteristics of Waves Flashcards
What is a Sine Curve?
It is a wave on a graph that looks like a ton of connected sideways s’s
What is the Crest of a Wave?
The highest points of a transverse wave
What is the Trough of a Wave?
The lowest parts of a transverse wave
What is the Amplitude of a Wave?
The greatest distance between the crests/troughs and the original resting point
What is the Compression of a Longitudinal Wave?
When you make a longitudinal wave, any place where there are bunched up coils are called compressions
What is Wavelength?
The distance between two crests or troughs
What is the Period of a Wave?
The time it takes for one full wavelength to pass a certain point. Represented by ‘t’
What is the Frequency of a Wave?
The number of wavelengths that pass in a certain time
What is the Frequency-Period Equation?
f=1/T
What can our eyes see?
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.
What is the Wave Speed Formula?
wave speed=frequency*wavelength
What is a Medium?
The material that a wave travels through.
What are the Mediums that waves travel fastest through?
Solids and liquids because their particles are very close together.
What is the Speed of Light?
3*10^8m/s (186,000 mi/s)
What is Pitch?
How high or low a sound is.
