Waves Flashcards

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Wave

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A disturbance that carries energy through matter and space

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What needs to be done in order to create waves?

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Must be a change made by adding energy to a system

  • the bigger the disturbance (energy) the bigger the wave
  • the farther the wave travels, the less intense
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How do waves transfer energy?

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Through a media, vibrates particles and transfers energy

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Medium

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Matter a wave travels through

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5
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Mechanical Waves

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Waves that require a medium

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Electromagnetic Waves

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Waves that don’t require a medium/ A wave that can travel through empty space

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Transverse Waves

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A wave that causes particles of a medium to vibrate up & down, in the direction of the wave

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Wave Length

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A measure of how long the wave is taken from one wave to the same point on the next wave

  • The longer the wave length, lower energy, levels are less dangerous
  • the shorter the wave length, higher energy, levels are more dangerous
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Amplitude

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The height of a crest

  • Low amplitude, lower energy, less dangerous
  • High amplitude, higher energy, more dangerous
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Longitudinal Waves

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A wave that causes the particles of a medium to vibrate back & forth in the direction of the wave

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Compression

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Point on the wave where the particles are closer together

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Rarefaction

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Point on the wave where the particles are spread apart

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13
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What would compression be equal to on a wave?

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The crest

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What would the rarefaction be equal to on a wave?

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The trough

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15
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What are the properties of waves?

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Wave length and Frequency

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16
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Loudness

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The human perception of intensity

17
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Pitch

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A term related to the frequency and increases as frequency increases

18
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Doppler Effect

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The motion between an observer and a moving object creates a change in frequency

19
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Frequency

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Number of waves per second

20
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Constructive Interference

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When 2 waves completely overlap producing a wave with a larger amplitude

21
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Destructive Interference

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When 2 waves do not overlap producing a wave with a smaller amplitude

22
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Resonance

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The vibrating back and forth of a wave

23
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Do loud sounds travel faster than soft sounds?

A

No, the only difference is the intensity

24
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Would sound travel in an oven or a freezer?

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In an oven because the particles are moving faster

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Does the pitch of a sound affect its speed?
No, only the frequency changes
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Which doesn't belong with the rest of the terms?: | Loudness, Pitch, Amplitude and Volume
Loudness is volume. You change volume by changing amplitude. | Pitch is related to frequency
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Would sound travel faster in a solid, liquid or gas?
Solid, particles are more compact/ closer together which means easy to transfer
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Which wave would travel the fastest in a vacuum, light or sound?
Light, doesn't require a medium
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Radiation
The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
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Infrared radiation has a wavelength slightly longer than ____________.
Microwaves
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____________ radiation has a higher frequency than visible light
Ultraviolet
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Objects containing heat can emit ____________.
Infrared radiation
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______________ have the lowest energy
Radio waves
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Radio waves are radiation with very long _______________ and low frequencies.
Wave lengths
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____________ have the highest frequency of all electromagnetic waves.
Gamma rays
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Ozone in Earth's atmosphere blocks most of the sun's____________.
Infrared rays
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____________ are radio waves with the highest frequency and energy
Microwaves
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True or false: Gamma rays travel faster than visible light
False, same speed as light but frequency changes