P5.1 grey - new Flashcards
Incl some non-greybits
There are 2 ways to represent a wave
1 - a time trace shows how displacement varies with time at a particular position
2 - a snapshot of a wave shows how displacement varies with distance at a particular time
Time trace - time for a wave to complete one oscillation is?
/ point for a wave to same point on next wave
Time period of the wave
Snapshot - distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next is?
Wavelength
Amplitude in time trace / snapshot
Middle to the top/bottom(trough) of a wave
To measure the velocity of sound - clap
Time how long it takes to hear an echo of a clap when yo are at a distance from a wall , work out velocity - distance, velocity, time
To measure the velocity of sound - alternate
Connect a pair of microphones a certain distance apart to an oscilloscope
- know the distance between the microphones and the time for the sound to travel between them to calculate velocity
As sound is a longitudinal wave, when you see the trace of a transverse wave on the screen of an oscilloscope, it is showing ?
Variation of pressure with time, not the sound wave itself
The velocity of sound can vary w/ (2) and why
- temperature and pressure
- this is because these factors affect the velocity at which the disturbance in the wave is transferred between particles
3 wave phenomena
Reflection - waves reverse direction
Refraction - waves change direction/bend
Diffraction - waves spread out
Medium
(Plural media) is a region of space of the same material/density
Wave phenomena only occur when (2)
- at the boundary between 2 media
- when a wave changes speed
When waves cross a boundary, what changes, what doesnt
- speed will change
- frequency never changes
- wavelength will change
(According to wave equation, as speed changes)
Reflection - definition
Reflection is the wave phenomenon by which a wave reverses direction as it meets the boundary between two media.
Reflection - rules
(2)
We always consider plane (smooth) surfaces such as mirrors, which obey the law of reflection.
“The angle of incidence, i is equal to the angle of reflection, r”
i = r
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Reflection - 1 line, 2 rays, 2 angles
W/ray diagram

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Plane mirror
A mirror which is perfectly flat( and reflects all of the light incident upon it)
Law of reflection
“The angle of incidence, i is equal to the angle of reflection, r”
i = r
- true only for planer mirrors
The image formed by a mirror can be shown using __
You need __ from the object .
You then ____ back into the mirror
Ray diagram
2 incident rays from the object
Project the 2 reflected rays back into the mirror
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If the angle of reflection of a light ray from a plane mirror is 20, what is;
the angle of incidence?
the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray?
20 by The Law of Reflection
40
REFRACTION DEFINE
Refraction is the wave phenomenon by which a wave changes direction (bends) as it crosses the boundary between two media.
Refraction explanation
As waves cross a boundary between two different media… … their speed changes… … their direction changes… … they are observed to bend.
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REFRACTION RAY DIAGRAM from air to glass

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Refraction - 2 rules
Waves bend TOWARDS THE NORMAL when they pass from less dense to more dense medium (when they slow down)
Waves bend AWAY FROM THE NORMAL when they pass from more dense to less dense medium (when they speed up)


