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What is amplitude?
Displacement from rest position to crest of wave.
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What is the wavelength?
Length of full cycle of wave (from crest to crest)
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What is the frequency of a wave?
Number of complete cycles/oscillations passing a certain point per second.
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What are the standard units (SI) in a wave equation?
Meters, seconds, m/s and hertz (Hz)
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What is the law of reflection?
Angle of incidence = angle of reflection
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What is heat a measure of?
Energy
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What is temperature a measure of?
Hotness - measures average kinetic energy of particles.
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What is specific latent heat?
Amount of energy needed to boil/melt 1kg of material without changing its temperature.
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What is conduction?
Conduction of heat is process where vibrating particles pass on extra kinetic energy to neighbouring particles.
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What is specific heat capacity?
Amount of energy needed to raise temperature of 1kg of substance by 1°C
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What is convection?
Convection occurs when more energetic particles move from hotter region to cooler region - and take their energy with them.
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What can conduction occur in?
Mainly solids - liquids and gases conduct heat more slowly.
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What can convection occur in?
Liquids and gases
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How is heat radiation different to convection and conduction?
It doesn’t need a medium, so can occur in a vacuum.
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How does infrared radiation cook food?
(Grills and toasters) heat is absorbed by surface and then energy is conducted or convected to more central parts.
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How do microwaves cook food?
Penetrate 1cm into outer layer. Absorbed by water/fat molecules increasing their kinetic energy - conducted or convected to other parts of food.
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How do you calculate payback time?
payback time = initial cost ÷ annual saving
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What colours on a thermograph show hot areas?
White, yellow and red
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What colours on a thermograph show cold areas?
Black, dark blue and purple
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How does loft insulation save energy?
Fibreglass wool across loft floor reduces conduction through ceiling into roof space.
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How does a hot water tank jacket save energy?
Reduces conduction
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How does double glazing save energy?
2 layers of glass with air gap between reduces conduction
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How do thick curtains save energy?
Reduces conduction and radiation through windows
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How does draught-proofing save energy?
Strips of foam and plastic around doors and windows stop hot air going out - reducing convection
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How do cavity walls and insulation save energy?
2 layers of bricks with a gap between them reduces conduction. Some energy still lost by convection. Insulating foam in gaps traps pockets of air - minimises convection.
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What causes total internal reflection?
If angle of incidence is bigger than critical angle - each material has a different critical angle.
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What determines the amount of diffraction?
Size of gap relative to wavelength. Narrower gap, or longer wavelength, more wave spreads out.
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What happens if a gap is the same size as a wavelength?
Get a diffraction pattern of light and dark fringes
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What are the EM waves in order from largest wavelength to smallest?
Radio waves, Microwaves, Infra Red, Visible light, Ultra Violet, X-rays, Gamma Rays.
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What is ionisation?
Where an atom or molecule either loses or gains electrons - can be dangerous.
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What is special about the waves in a laser?
All waves are same wavelength and frequency (makes the light monochromatic). All waves in phase, increasing amplitude - coherent. Have low divergence; beam is narrow and stays narrow at long distances.
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Why are long wavelengths good at transferring information over long distances?
They don’t get absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere as much as waves in middle of spectrum or those with high frequency.