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Wave Mechanics Test Flashcards

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1
Q

What is slave quantified as in the definition of a wave?

A

The difference between 2 objects

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2
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What is a mechanical wave?

A

It requires a medium to travel though

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3
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What is a medium?

A

What the wave travels through

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4
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What is an electromagnetic wave?

A

It doesn’t require a medium to travel

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5
Q

What is the order of the light spectrum?

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Radio waves
Microwaves
Infrared
Visible light
Ultraviolet
x-ray
Gamma
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6
Q

On the light spectrum what has the lowest frequency?

A

Radio waves

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7
Q

What has the highest frequency?

A

Gamma rays

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8
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A wave with low frequency has what kind of waves?

A

Large, long waves

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9
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A wave with high frequency had what kind of waves?

A

Small, short waves

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10
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What colors does visible light go through?

A

From red to violet (ROY G BIV)

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11
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What is a transverse wave??

A

The motion is perpendicular to the wave

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12
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What is a longitudinal wave?

A

Motion if parallel to the motion of the wave

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13
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What are surface waves?

A

Motion is both parallel and perpendicular to the motion of the wave

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14
Q

Surface waves move in what direction?

A

Circular

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15
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Longitudinal waves move in what direction?

A

Up and down

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16
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Transverse waves move in what direction?

A

Left and right(either towards each other or away from each other)

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17
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What is the amplitude of a wave?

A

The height of the wave, the amount of vibration

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18
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What is the wavelength of a wave?

A

The distance from own crest to the next

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19
Q

Amplitude and wave length are both?

A

Distances

20
Q

What is a period of a wave?

A

Time for one wavelength to occur

21
Q

What is the frequency of a wave?

A

The # of wavelengths per second

22
Q

Period and frequency both refer to what?

A

Time

23
Q

What is the equation for frequency?

A

1/period

24
Q

What is the equation for wave speed?

A

Wavelength/period

25
Q

What is a wave?

A

Energy translated through space it a medium by repeated oscillations

26
Q

What is c?

A

The speed of the light

27
Q

How do you calculate c?

A

Wavelength times frequency

28
Q

What is v?

A

Frequency?

29
Q

How do you calculate v?

A

Speed of light/ wavelength

30
Q

What is lamda?

A

Wavelength

31
Q

How do you calculate wavelength?

A

Speed of light/frequency

32
Q

What is E?

A

Energy

33
Q

How do you calculate energy?

A

Planck’s constant times frequency

34
Q

The more you shave the shorter the beard is what kind of relationship?

A

Inverse

35
Q

The more you lift the stronger you are is what kind of relationship?

A

Direct

36
Q

The longer the wavelength the _____ the frequency?

A

Lower

37
Q

There is a ____ relationship between wavelength and frequency

A

Inverse

38
Q

What color has the shortest wavelength?

A

Blue

39
Q

What color has the longest wavelength?

A

Red

40
Q

What wave has the longest wavelength?

A

Radio wave

41
Q

What wave has the shorter wavelength?

A

Gamma ray

42
Q

The higher the frequency the ___ the energy

A

Higher

43
Q

The longer the wavelength the ___ the energy

A

Lower

44
Q

What color has the most energy?

A

Violet

45
Q

What color has the least energy?

A

Red

46
Q

There is a ____ relationship between frequency and energy?

A

Direct

47
Q

There is a ______ relationship between wavelength and energy?

A

Inverse

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