Physics Unit 1 - Waves

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What is a transverse wave?
In transverse waves the particles vibrate at a right angle to the direction that the energy travels.
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What is a Longitudinal wave?
The energy travels along in the same direction as the particles vibrate
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Examples of Transverse waves
Water , light, radio. TV
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Example of longitudinal waves
Sound and ultrasound
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What is diffraction?
Diffraction is the bending of waves around an object/ barrier or through a gap
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What waves diffract best?
The greater the wavelength, the greater the diffraction
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What is the order of the EM spectrum from the longest wavelength to the shortest wavelength?
Radio waves, TV waves, microwaves, Infrared radiation, Visible light, Ultraviolet radiation, X-Rays, Gamma Rays
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What Electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?
Radio waves
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What Electromagnetic wave has the highest frequency?
Gamma Rays
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Which Electromagnetic wave has the lowest energy?
Radio waves
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What is Refraction?
process where speed and wavelength of a wave changes as it travels from one medium to another
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What is a Longitudinal wave?

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The energy travels along in the same direction as the particles vibrate

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Examples of Transverse waves

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Card 4

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Example of longitudinal waves

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Card 5

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What is diffraction?

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