Waves Flashcards
Longitudinal waves show areas of what
shows areas of compression and rarefaction
Name the two different types of waves
transverse and longitudinal
Ripples on a water surface are an example of which wave
transverse wave
Sound waves travelling through air are which kind of wave
longitudinal waves
What is the frequency of a wave
the number of waves passing a point each second
what is the wavelength of a wave
the distance from a point on 1 wave to the equivalent point on the adjacent wave
what is the amplitude of wave
the maximum displacement of a point on a wave away from its undisturbed position
what is the equation for wave speed
wave speed = frequency x wavelength
Waves can be ? or ? at the boundary between two different materials
waves can be ? at the boundary between two different materials
absorbed or transmitted
reflected
sound waves can travel through ? causing vibrations in the ?
solids
The oscillation of a longitudinal wave are ? to the direction in which the waves ? energy
Parallel, transfer
what is the speed of a wave
the speed of the waves is the distance travelled by each wave every second through a medium
speed of sound equation
speed = distance/time taken
What does the EM spectrum stand for
Electromagnetic spectrum
what are electromagnetic waves
transverse waves that transfer energy from the source of the waves to an absorber
