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1
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Waves transfer…

A

Energy from one place to another but don’t transfer any matter

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How do waves travel from one place to another

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They vibrate or oscillate

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3
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What is the very top of a wave called

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Crest

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4
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Distance (for waves)

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How far the wave has travelled from its starting point

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Displacement (for waves)

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How far from the equilibrium point the wave has oscillated

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Wavelength

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Distance of one entire oscillation

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7
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How to calculate frequency

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F=1/T

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8
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What is frequency

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Number of complete oscillations per second

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9
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Calculate time

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T=1/f

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10
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Time period ?

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Time it takes for a complete oscillation

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11
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Trough?

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Very bottom of wave

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12
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How to calculate wave speed (v)

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V=fm

M(wavelengths) usually measured in lambada symbols

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Transverse

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Oscillation are perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer

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14
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Examples of transverse waves

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Electromagnets
Waves of strings (guitar)
Light
Radio
Ripples/waves

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Examples of longitudinal waves

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Sound
Seismic p waves

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16
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Longitudinal waves?

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Oscillation that are parallel to the direction of energy transfer

17
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Waves can transfer energy through..

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Solids
Liquids
Gases
Empty spaces (vacuums)

18
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How often something happens =

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Frequency

19
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Frequency measurement

A

Hertz

20
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Frequency symbol

A

F

21
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When something happens repeatedly the event is…

A

Periodic

22
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Wavelength?

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The distance between a point on a wave and the same point on the next wave

23
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Wavelength symbol

A

λ
Lambda

24
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Wavelength measurements

A

Metres

25
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Amplitude?

A

Distance from the max disturbance to the undisturbed position

26
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Amplitude?

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Distance from the max disturbance to the undisturbed position

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