Units
What is wavelength measured in?
Metres
What is the equation to solve for period?
1/frequency
What term is a single disturbance made by a wave
Vibration or Oscillation
What is the low point of a wave?
Trough
What is the lowest frequency wave on the EMS?
Radio
What is velocity measured in?
Metres per second
What is the equation for velocity?
wavelength x frequency
What term is used to describe the number of complete oscillations that a wave makes in each second?
Frequency
What is the high point of a wave?
Peak or Crest
Which wave will cook food quickly, retaining nutrients?
Microwaves
What is frequency measured in?
Hertz
What is the formula for frequency?
1/Time Period or Wave speed/wavelength
What is the term that states the angle of incidence is equal to the the angle of reflection?
law of reflection?
What is the section of a longitudinal wave called when the wave is squashed together
Compression
Which wave has the highest energy?
Gamma?
What is period measured in?
Seconds
What is the equation to solve for wavelength?
Wave speed / frequency
What is a wave that vibrates perpendicular to the waves motion?
transverse wave
What is the shortest distance between two peaks or two troughs
What is a wavelength?
Which wave can cause skin cancer?
UV
What is speed measured in?
Metres per second
What is the formula for speed?
distance / time or frequency x wavelength
What is a disturbance that carries energy through matter or space?
A wave
what is the distance between the equilibrium position and the trough, or the rest point and the crest called?
Amplitude
Which wave is reflected by the moon, allowing it to be seen?
Visible