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Waves Flashcards

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What do waves transfer?

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Energy and information

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How do the particles in a wave move?

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They oscillate to and fro about a point

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What are the two different types of waves

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Transverse and longitudinal

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What is a transverse wave

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A wave that oscillates perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer

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Give an example of a transverse wave

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Water wave

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What is a longitudinal wave

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Waves that oscillate parallel to the direction of energy transfer

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Give an example of a longitudinal wave

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Sound wave

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What is a longitudinal wave made up of

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Compressions and rarefactions

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What is a mechanical wave

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A wave that needs a medium to travel through

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What is an electromagnetic wave

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A wave that can travel through a vacuum

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What type of wave are all electromagnetic waves

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Transverse waves!!

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What is the amplitude

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The distance from the midpoint to the crest or trough of the wave

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13
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The greater The amplitude of a wave the more what?

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The more energy it carries

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What is the wavelength

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Is the distance from one crest to the next crest.

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What is the frequency of a wave

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Is the number of wave crests that pass a point in one second.

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What is the period of a wave

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Is the time it takes for one wavelength to pass a point

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What is the wavelength of a longitudinal wave

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From one compression to the nest compression

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What are incident waves

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Waves travelling towards a barrier or a boundary

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What happens to a wave that hits a straight barrier

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It reflects at the same angle to the barrier as the incident wave

20
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What is refraction

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When a wave crosses a boundary between substances it changes speed and wavelength unless it hits it at 90 degrees

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