What are Waves
What is a wave.
A wave is a distrubence involving the transfer of energy from place to place.
What is amplitude?
Amplitude is the maxium distance the medium vibrates from its rest postion.
What is a reflection?
A reflection is when light bounces off an object.
What is a medium?
A medium is a material through which a wave travels.
What is wavelength?
Wavelength is the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is refraction?
Refraction is the bending of waves due to a change in speed.
What are mechanical waves?
Mechanical waves are waves that require a medium to travel.
What is the frequency of a wave?
The frequency of a wave is the number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
What is diffraction?
the process by which a beam of light or other system of waves is spread out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture or across an edge, typically accompanied by interference between the wave forms produced.
What are the three types of mechanical waves.
The three type of mechanical waves are transverse waves,longitudal waves and surface waves.
What is frequency measured in.
Frequency is measured in hertz.
What is interference?
Interference is the interaction between waves that meet.
How does a mechanical wave form?
Mechanical wave form when energy sorce causes a medium to vibrate.
What are the proporties of waves?
The proporties of wave are amplitude ,wavelength,frequency and speed of a wave.
What is the bending of a wave due to a change in speed called?
refraction