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P12 - Wave Properties 2️⃣✅ Flashcards

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What is a wave?

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Something that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter

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What is an oscillation?

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Vibrations - things moving back and forth in a fixed position

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What is a medium?

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A substance in which a wave is travelling through e.g. gas, liquid, solid

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What are longitudinal waves?

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Waves where its oscillations are parallel to the direction in which the wave transfers energy

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What are transverse waves?

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Waves where its oscillations are perpendicular to the direction in which the wave transfers energy

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What is wavelength?

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The distance along a wave from one place on one wave to the same place on another

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What is amplitude?

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The distance from the middle of the wave to the trough or peak

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What are mechanical waves?

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Waves that travel through a substance (medium)

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What are electromagnetic waves?

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Waves that travel through a vacuum and therefore no medium is required

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10
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Give some examples of mechanical waves

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water waves, seismic waves, sound waves (use particles)

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Give some examples of longitudinal waves

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Sound waves, seismic P waves

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Give some examples of transverse waves

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electromagnetic waves, seismic S waves, water waves

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What is the time period?

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The time taken for a wave to pass a point

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What is time period measured in?

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Seconds

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What is frequency?

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The number of waves per second

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What is the unit of frequency?

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Hertz, Hz

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17
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How many Hz are in a MHz?

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1 Million

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How do you get from MHz to Hz?

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x 1000000

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What is the equation that link wave speed, frequency and wavelength?

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wave speed = frequency x wavelength
v = f x λ
m/s Hz m

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20
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What is a reflection?

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The change of direction of a light ray or wave at a boundary when the ray/ wave stays in the medium

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What is a refraction?

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A change of direction of a wave caused by a change in speed of a wave when it enters a new medium

22
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What are the 3 things waves can do when they meet a medium?

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Be absorbed, reflect or transmit (travel through)

23
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What is pitch?

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How high the note is e.g. how high the frequency is

24
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What is loudness?

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An everyday word to reference the amplitude of a sound wave

25
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How do you work out a question asking you to work out the depth of the ocean using a sound wave?

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You would do d = s x t with your given values and then divide it by two because the depth (distance) would be one stretch of the wave not 2 (the wave would have gone down and hit the bottom (1) and then come back up (2) so we divide by two to get the initial value & depth (1).

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What is an ultrasound?

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Vibrations at a higher frequency than the human ear can detect.

27
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Why are ultrasounds used when monitoring babes opposed to x-rays?

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Because x-rays give off ionising radiation which can be damaging to a developing foetus so they arent used. Ultrasounds do not give off ionising radiation so are much safer to use.

28
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List 4 qualities of a P wave

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they travel the fastest
they are called the primary wave as they arrive first
they are longitudinal so travel parallel
they can pass through any state/ medium without difficulty

29
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List 4 qualities of an S wave

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they are slower than P waves
they are called secondary waves as they arrive second
they are transverse waves so travel perpendicular
they need a ridged material to propagate through

30
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Why cant S waves travel through the outer core?

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Because its a liquid and S waves require a ridged material to propagate through (a solid) so a liquid wont work

31
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Name the 4 main layers of the Earth and give their states

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Crust - solid
Mantle - solid
Outer core - liquid
Inner core - Solid

32
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Label the layers of the earth and each layers state

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33
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What wave type does this example correlate to?

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Transverse waves are often demonstrated by moving a rope rapidly up and down. (oscilations perpendicular)

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What wave type does this example correlate to?

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Longitudinal waves are often demonstrated by pushing and pulling a stretched slinky spring. (oscilations parallel)

35
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What type of wave is this?

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Longituidnal (oscilations parallel) - the waves oscillate through a series of compressions and refractions

36
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Where is the wavelength on this wave?

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37
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Where are the compressions on this wave?

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38
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What type of wave is this?

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Transverse - oscilations go up and down (perpendicular)

39
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Where is the amplitude on this wave?

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40
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Where is the wavelength on this wave?

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41
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What is the range of normal human hearing?

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20Hz to 20000Hz

42
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The closer packed particles are the ________ sound travels

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The closer packed particles are the faster sound travels

43
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Sound requires ____________ in order to transmit waves

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Sound requires particles in order to transmit waves

44
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Wavelength gets ________ as sound speeds up in ____________ density materials

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Wavelength gets longer as sound speeds up in high density materials

45
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Frequency of sound waves ________________

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Frequency of sound waves always remians the same

46
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Wavelength gets ____________ as sound slows down in ________ density materials

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Wavelength gets shorter as sound slows down in low density materials

47
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How do human ears work?

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  1. Sound waves go down ear canal and hit ear drum
  2. They then cause the ear drum to vibrate
  3. Which sends vibrations along tiny bones and through semi-circular canals until it reaches cochlea
  4. cochlea converts vibrations into electrical signals which are sent down auditory neve to brain where it inteprets them as sounds
48
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What is a signal generator?

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A device used to change the frequency of vibrations across a wave/ string

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