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Unit 5 Clymer Waves And Light > Lesson 1-4 > Flashcards

Lesson 1-4 Flashcards

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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Wave

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Wave

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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Medium

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Material through which a waves travels

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Material through which a wave travels

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Medium

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longitudinal wave

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Where particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels or parallel to the wave

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Where particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels

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Longitudinal wave

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Transverse wave

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Where particles move perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels

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7
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Where particle move perpendicularly to the direction of the wave

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Transverse wave

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Mechanical waves

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Waves that require a medium

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9
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Waves that require a medium

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Mechanical waves

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10
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Electromagnetic waves

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Disturbances in electric and magnetic fields

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Amplitude

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A measure of how far particles in the medium move away from their normal rest position

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measure of how far particles in the medium move away from their normal rest position

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Amplitude

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13
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Wave length

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Distance over how far the wave goes

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14
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Distance over how far the wave goes

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Wavelength

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Wave period

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Time required for one cycle

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Wave period

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Time required for one cycle

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Frequency

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Tells you how many cycles occur in an amount of time

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Tells you how many cycles occur in an amount of time

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Frequency

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Hertz

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One cycle per second

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One cycle per second

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Hertz

21
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Wave fronts

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The shape of the wave

22
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The shape of the wave

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Wave fronts

23
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Wave speed

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Speed at which a wave travels

24
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Speed at which a wave travels

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Wave speed

25
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Radiation

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Transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves

26
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Transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves

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Radiation

27
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Em spectrum

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Where visible light represents only a very small piece of range of frequencies that an em can have

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Where visible light represents only a very small piece of range of frequencies that an em can have

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Em spectrum

29
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Infrared

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Light slightly longer wavelengths than red lights

30
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Light slightly longer wavelengths than red lights

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Infrared

31
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UV rays

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Light has slightly shorter wavelengths than violet light

32
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Light has slightly shorter wavelengths than violet light

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UV rays

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