Waves
Types of waves
Longitudinal and Transverse
What is something waves travel through?
a medium
How do you make a electromagnet stronger
wrap more coils
Wavelength
distance between 2 waves
Someone standing still
Balanced Forces
What waves need a medium?
Mechanical waves
Can't see through
How do you make a electromagnet stronger
use a bigger/stronger battery
Mechanical Waves
Waves that need a medium
A car moving at a constant speed
Balanced forces
What type of waves don't need a medium.
Electromagnetic waves
Orbit
The path a planet takes around the sun
Newton's first law
Inertia
Electromagnetic Waves
Waves that don't need a medium
A ball getting kicked
Unbalanced forces
Trough
Bottom of the wave
Force
push or pull
Newtons 2nd law
F=ma
Wave speed
How fast a wave moves in second
Someone falling off a building
Unbalanced forces
Crest
Top of a wave
Stationary
Not moving
Newtons 3rd law
action/reaction
Frequency
How many times a wave passes a certain point in a time frame
What type of force is gravity
Pull