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Lesson1-4 Flashcards

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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Wave

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What is a wave?

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A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.

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What is a medium?

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A medium is the material through which a wave travels.

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Is the material through which a wave travels.

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Medium

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What is a longitudinal wave

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In a longitudinal wave ,particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels or parallel to the wave

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

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Longitudinal wave

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What is a transverse wave

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Particles move perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels.

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Particles move perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels.

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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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Waves that require a medium

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Mechanical wave

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Electromagnetic waves

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Disturbances in electric and magnetic fields

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Disturbances in electric and magnetic fields

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Electromagnetic waves

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Amplitude

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

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

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Amplitude

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Wavelength

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Is the distance over which the waves shape repeats

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Is the distance over which the waves shape repeats

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Wavelength

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Wave period

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Is the time required for one cycle

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Is the time required for one cycle

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Wavelength

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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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Frequency is measured in

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Frequency is measured in

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Hertz

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Wavefronts

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Moves farther from the source and it becomes farther

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Moves farther from the source and it becomes larger

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Wavefronts

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Wave speed

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The speed at which a wave travels and depends on the properties of the medium

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The speed at which a wave travels and depends on the properties of the medium

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Wave speed

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Radiation

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Is the transfer of energy as em waves

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Is the transfer of energy as em waves

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Radiation

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Electromagnetic (em) spectrum

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Visible light represents only a very small part of

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