Waves

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  • Created by: Lena Fray
  • Created on: 11-02-16 17:32
What are the two types of waves?
Transverse and Longitudinal
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What are transverse waves formed of?
Crests/peaks and troughs
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What are longitudinal waves formed of?
rarefractions and compressions
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Which way is the movement going in transverse waves?
up and down
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Which way is the movement going in longitudinal waves?
along it
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Which way is the energy going in transverse waves?
along it
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Which way is the energy going in longitudinal waves?
along it
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What is a wavelength? units
the measurement between two identical points on the wave, in meters
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What is frequency? units
the number of waves that pass per second, in hertz
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What is amplitude?
the amount of energy in the wave/ how high the wave is
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What is a oscillation?
one complete wave length
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What is the electromagnetic Spectrum?
Itsa a range of wavelengths and frequencies.
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What is the order of Electromagnetic spectrum? (long to short wavelength)
Radio Waves, Microwaves, Infra-red, Visible light, Ultra-violet, X-rays, Gamma Rays
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What are the two things that electromagnetic waves have in common?
They are transverse waves and they travel at the same speed in a vacuum - speed of light
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What size wavelength do low frequency ECM waves have?
Long
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What size wavelength do high frequency ECM waves have?
Short
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Do ECM waves need matter to travel through?
no
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Can all ECM waves be refracted, reflected and diffracted?
Yes
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What are transverse waves formed of?

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Crests/peaks and troughs

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What are longitudinal waves formed of?

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Which way is the movement going in transverse waves?

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Which way is the movement going in longitudinal waves?

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These are really good and they heled me understand and revise this

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