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what is a transverse wave?

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waves in which the direction of vibration of field/particle is perpendicular to direction of wave propagation

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what is a longitudinal wave?

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waves in which the direction of vibration of field/particle is parallel to direction of wave propagation

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what is a polarised wave?

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a wave where the vibrations stay in one plane only

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what is an unpolarised wave?

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a wave where the vibrations don’t stay in one plane

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what is the period of a wave?

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the time for one complete wave to pass a fixed point

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what is wavelength?

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least distance between two adjacent vibrating particles with same displacement and velocity at the same time

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what is amplitude?

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The maximum displacementof a vibrating particle

height of wave crest or depeth of trough from equilbrium position

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what is refraction?

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change of direction of a wave when it enters a more dense medium from a less dense medium

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what is diffraction?

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the spreading of waves passing through a gap or near an edge

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what is an antinode

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a fixed point in a stationary wave pattern where the amplitude and displacement is at it’s maximum

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what is a node

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a fixed point in a stationary wave where the amplitude and displacement is 0

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what is equation for difference for distance between adjacent nodes on a stationary wave

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half of the wavelength of the stationary wave

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what is an electromagnetic wave

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wavepacket or photon
consisting of transverse electric and magnetic waves
in phase and at right angles to each other

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what is a mechanical wave

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a wave that passes through a substance

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what is one complete cycle of a wave

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it’s from maximum displacement to the next maximum displacement

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what is the displacement of a vibrating particle

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it’s distance and direction from equilbrium position

17
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state a feature of longitudinal waves that transverse waves do not have

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rarefractions and compressions

18
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what are wave fronts

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lines of constant phase

19
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what is the direction in which a wave travels

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at right angles to the wave front

20
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what is superpositon

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the effect of two waves adding together when they meet

21
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what is the principle of superposition

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when two waves meet the total displacement at a point is equal to the sum of the indivdiulal displacements at that point

22
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what is created when a trough and trough meet

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a super trough is created

23
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what is created when a crest and a crest meet

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super crest is created

24
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how is a stationary wave formed

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when two or more progressive waves of the same frequency and amplitude pass through each other

25
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what is a stationary wave

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a wave pattern with node and antinodes

formed when two or more progressive waves of the same frequency and amplitude pass through each other

26
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what happens when a crest and trough of the same amplitude meet

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the resultant displacement becomes zero the two waves cancel each other out

27
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what happens when a crest and a trough with different amplitudes meet

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the two waves cancel each other out

the resultant amplitude is miniumum

28
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what is observed when polarised light is passing through a polarising filter that is being rotated 360 degrees

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variation in intensity between max and min

two maxima in 360 degrees roatation

29
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what is displacement

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of a vibrating particle is its distance and direction from the equlibrium position

30
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what is the period of a wave

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the time for one complete wave to pass a fixed point

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what is the frequency of a wave

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number of cycles of vibration of a particle per second
or
number of complete passing a fixed point per second

32
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what is path difference

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the difference in distances from two coherent sources to an interference fringe

33
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what is phase difference

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the fraction of a cycle between the vibrations of two vibrating particles

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