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Card 6

Front

when waves travel from one point to another by two or more routes, the difference in the distance travelled by each wave is the *. It introduces a time delay, so that the phases of the waves differ when they meet, this generates interference effects

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Card 7

Front

when a material undergoes permanent stretching or distortion before breaking

Back

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Card 8

Front

the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in the material. Also given (Snell's law) as the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction as the light enters the transparent material

Back

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Card 9

Front

Einstein's theory of motion based on his two postulates

Back

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