Waves Flashcards by Tom Conlon | Brainscape

Q

What is the distance between 2 waves?

A

Wavelength

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What is the top of a wave called?

A

Crest

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What is the bottom of a wave called?

A

Trough

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What is the height of a wave called?

A

Amplitude

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Q

What are the 2 types of waves?

A

Compression and Transverse

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What is the scrunched up part of a compression wave?

A

Compression

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What is the wide part of a compression wave?

A

Rare faction

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What does amplitude represent?

A

Volume

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What does a cornea do?

A

Refracts light-bends it as it enters the eye

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what does an Iris do?

A

Controls how much light enters the pupil

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What does the lens do?

A

Focused light onto the retina

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What does the retina do?

A

Contains the light receptors

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What does the optic nerve do?

A

Carries impulses from the eye to the brain

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What is the focus of light?

A

When the refracted light focuses on one point

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Q

Velocity equation

A

V=f x Lambad

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What does the lambad mean?

A

Wavelength

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What is frequency?

A

Amount of waves

Q

What does sound travel best in?

A

Solids and the worst in gases

Q

What does the middle ear do?

A

Sends vibrations from ear drum

Q

What do semicircular canals do?

A

Control sense of balance

Q

What does the auricle do?

A

Outside part of ear that contains cartilage

Q

What does the outer ear do?

A

Collects energy of vibrating air and funnels it along the ear canal

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What does the ear canal do?

A

Builds up wax to protect the ear drum

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What does the inner ear do?

A

Filled with fluids and tiny hairs

Q

What does the auditory nerve do?

A

Nerves from receptors in cochlea