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P6: Waves Flashcards

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what are the two types of waves

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transverse and longitudinal

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define a transverse wave

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A wave for which the oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of wave transfer

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what is a longitudinal wave?

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a wave for which the oscillations are parallel to the direction of energy transfer

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Give two examples of transverse waves

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  1. Electromagnetic waves
  2. Seismic s-waves
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Give two examples of longitudinal waves

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  1. Sound waves
  2. Seismic p-waves
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What are the two parts of a longitudinal wave called?

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  • compressions and rarefractions
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Define amplitude

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  • the maximum displacement of a point on a wave away from its undisturbed position.
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What is the definition of wavelength?

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The wavelength of a wave is the distance from a point on one wave to the equivalent point on the adjacent wave.

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What is the definition of frequency? Give the unit

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The frequency of a wave is the number of waves passing a point each second.
- Hertz , Hz

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What is wave speed?

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The wave speed is the speed at which the energy is transferred (or the wave moves) through the medium

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11
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What does a wave transfer?

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energy

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State the equation used to calculate wave speed. Give appropriate units.

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Wave speed = frequency x wavelength
speed = m/s
frequency = Hz
Wavelength = m

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What happens to waves at the boundary between materials?

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They can be reflected, absorbed or transmitted.

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14
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How do sound waves travel through a solid?

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  • the particles in the solid vibrate and transfer kinetic energy through the material
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15
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What is the frequency range of human hearing?

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20 Hz - 20kHz

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16
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What are ultrasound waves?

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  • waves which have a frequency higher than the upper limit of human hearing
  • (20kHz)
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Give an example use for ultrasound waves

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  • medical or industrial imaging
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What natural event causes seismic waves to be produced? What types are produced?

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  • Earthquakes
  • They produce both P-waves and S-waves
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State a difference between the mediums that P-waves and S-waves can travel through

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  • P waves travel through both solids and liquids
  • S-waves only travel through solids
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What technique is used to detect objects in deep water and measure water depth and how?

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  • Echo sounding
  • high frequency sound waves are emitted, reflected and detected
  • time difference between emission and detection alongside wave speed, are used to calculate distances
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21
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What type of spectrum do electromagnetic waves form?

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A continuous spectrum

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order the types of electromagnetic radiation from lowest to highest frequency

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  • radio waves
  • microwaves
  • infrared
  • visible light
  • ultraviolet
  • X-rays
  • Gamma rays
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How do the speeds of EM radiation differ in a vacuum and in air?

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  • EM waves all travel at the same speed in a vacuum and in air
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What property of waves in different mediums causes refraction?

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  • velocity
  • wave speed is slower in denser materials, causing refraction
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In which direction ( relative to the normal) do waves refract when entering a denser medium?

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  • they bend towards the normal
  • the angle of refraction is less than the angle of incidence
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What type of waves can be produced by oscillations in an electrical circuit?

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  • Radiowaves
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How can radio waves create an alternating current in a circuit?

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  • When radio waves are absorbed , they can induce oscillations of electrons in a circuit
  • with the same frequency as the radiowaves themselves
  • causing alternating current
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28
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Where do gamma rays originate from ?

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  • they orginate from changes in the nuclei of atoms
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29
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give two health effects caused by ultraviolet waves

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  • they can cause the skin to age prematurely
  • this can increase the risk of developing skin cancer
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30
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give two health effects caused by x-rays and gamma rays

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  • they are ionising radiation so can cause mutations in genes
  • they can lead to increased risk of developing various cancers
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31
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Give three practical uses for infrared radiation

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  1. electrical heaters
  2. cooking food
  3. infrared cameras
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32
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Give two practical uses for microwave radiation

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  1. Satellite communications
  2. Cooking food
33
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Give two practical uses for radio waves

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  1. television transmission
  2. radio transmission
34
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What wave phenomenon is used by lenses to form an image

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refraction

35
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How does a convex lens form an image ?

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  • Parallel rays of light are refracted and brought together at a point known as the principal focus
36
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What is meant by the focal length of a lens?

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  • the distance from the lens to the principal focus
37
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What is the difference between the image produced by a convex and a concave lens?

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  • convex lenses can produce real or virtual images
  • concave lenses can only produce virtual images
38
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Why does magnification not have a unit

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  • it is the ratio between image height and object height
  • ratios do not require units
39
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what symbol is used to represent a convex lens in a ray diagram?

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↕

40
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what symbol is used to represent a concave lens in a ray diagram?

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🞃
|
🞁

41
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what determines the colour of visible light waves?

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the wavelength and frequency of the light waves

42
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What colour of visible light has the highest frequency? What colour of visible light has the largest wavelength?

A
  • blue
  • red
43
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What is a specular reflection?

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  • Reflection that happens when parallel waves are reflected in a single direction by a smooth surface
  • produces an image
44
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What is a diffuse reflection?

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  • Reflection that happens when parallel waves are reflected by a rough surface and the reflected rays are scattered in lots of different directions
  • this does not produce an image
45
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How does a red colour filter work?

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  • a red filter absorbs all wavelength of light other than those in the red range of the spectrum
  • this means only red light passes through the filter
46
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What determines the colour of an opaque object?

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  • different objects reflect different wavelengths of light by different amount
  • the wavelengths that are most strongly reflected determine the colour
47
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What happens to the wavelengths of light that aren’t reflected by an opaque object?

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  • any wavelengths that aren’t reflected are absorbed by the object
48
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What colour does an object appear if all wavelengths are reflected by equal amounts>

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white

49
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What colour does an object appear if all wavelengths are absorbed?

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  • black
50
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what is radiation dose?

A

Radiation dose is a measure of the risk of harm resulting from an
exposure of the body to the radiation

51
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Why do bananas appear yellow?

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Bananas absorb all wavelengths of light
except the yellow part of the visible
spectrum which is reflected

52
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Explain why a piece of paper
appears white (2)

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  • All of the wavelengths of visible light are reflected from its surface.
  • They combine together and produce white light
53
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What happens if you view a blue
object with a blue filter?

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● Blue light is reflected by blue object
● Blue filter transmits blue light and
absorbs all other wavelengths
So object looks blue

54
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. What happens if you view a red
object with a blue filter?

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● Red light is reflected by red object
● Blue filter will absorb red light
● So object appears black

55
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What are transparent objects?

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● Objects that transmit light
● In straight lines

56
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What are translucent objects?

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● Objects that transmit light
● But can also scatter it so you cannot see
clearly through them

57
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What provides evidence that
the S-waves do not travel
through the outer core?

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The S wave shadow zone

58
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What does the S wave shadow zone tell us about the outer core?

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The outer core is liquid as S waves cannot travel through liquids

59
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Why do both waves change
direction as they go deeper into
the Earth?

A

The density of the Earth changes – this causes
the waves to change speed and refract

60
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what do all bodies (objects) emit and absorb?

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infrared radiation

61
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what hat happens to the quantity of infrared radiation emitted by an object as temperature increases?

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the hotter the object, the more infrared radiation it will emit

62
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What is a perfect black body?

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An object that absorbs all of the radiation that is incident upon it

63
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How much radiation does a perfect black body reflect or transmit?

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None.

64
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Why is a perfect black body the best possible emitter of radiation?

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  • it is a perfect absorber since it absorbs all radiation incident upon it
  • a perfect absorber is also a perfect emitter
65
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What can be said about the rates of emission and absorption for a body at constant temperature?

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The body is absorbing and emitting radiation at the same rate

66
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what can be said about the rates of emission and absorption for a body increasing in temperature?

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the body is absorbing radiation faster than it is emitting it

67
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Give two factors that affect the temperature of the Earth?

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  1. The Earth’s rate of absorption and emission of radiation
  2. the amount of reflection of radiation into space
68
Q

Explain why a mug of hot
chocolate will get cold after 1
hour

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● The hot chocolate is initially hotter than
the surroundings
● Therefore it will emit more infrared
radiation than it absorbs
● So its temperature decreases

69
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  1. Explain why the surface
    temperature of the Earth increases during the day
A

● During the day the sun is shining
● More infrared radiation will be absorbed
by the surface of the Earth than emitted

70
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. Explain why the surface
temperature of the Earth
decreases during the nigh

A

● During the night, there is less infrared
radiation absorbed by the surface of the
Earth than emitted

71
Q

.What type of surfaces are best and worst
at absorbing and emitting
infrared radiation?

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best : Black matt surfaces
worst: white shiny surfaces

72
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Why are light, shiny blankets
used to keep people warm?

A

● A light shiny outer surface emits a lot
less radiation than dark/matt surfaces
● The person will be kept warm as the
infrared radiation emitted is reduced

73
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what is the exception to the refraction rule

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  • if waves enter or leave the medium along the normal ( at right angles to the surface)
  • they do not change direction
74
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what happens when electromagnetic waves are absorbed !

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  • it causes changes to atoms eg causing electrons to change energy levels
  • these changes can result in EM waves being generated and absorbed over a wide frequency range
75
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Describe the image shown when an object is more than 2 focal lengths from the convex lens

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  • diminished
  • inverted
  • real
76
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describe the image shown when an object is between 1 and 2 focal lengths from the convex lens

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  • magnified
  • Inverted
  • Real
77
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describe the image shown when an object is less than one focal length between the convex lens

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  • magnified
  • upright
  • virtual
78
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Describe the image shown from an object with a a concave lens

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  • diminished
  • upright
  • virtual
79
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What is white light and what happens when it is passed through a prism

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  • a mixture of all the different colours
  • it splits into a spectrum : red orange yellow green blue indigo violet

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