waves
Vocabulary
Properties of waves
Snells law
miscelaneous
100
This type of wave needs a medium
mechanical wave
100

rest to crest

amplitude

100

when n increases light speeds up or slows down

slows down

100

n stands for 

index of refraction

100
What EM wave has the highest Frequency?

Gamma

200
X-rays and microwaves are examples of these types of waves
What is electromagnetic
200
this is any substance through which a wave can travel
What is a medium
200

This is The distance from crest to crest, or from trough to trough

What is wavelength

200

when a light wave tries to enter a new medium greater than the critical angle what happens

total internal reflection

200

Which color has the longest wavelength

Red

300

What speed does light travel inside diamond?

1.24x108 m/s

300
This is the highest point of a transverse wave
What is a crest
300
This is the number of waves produced in a certain amount of time
What is frequency
300

what is the index of refraction for a medium when light travels half its original speed in air?

n=2

300

What color light has a wavelength of 4.7x10-7 m?

Blue

400
This is a waves where the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave
What is longitudinal wave
400

What is seconds/wave called and what are its units?

Period, seconds

400

The period of a wave is 10s, what is the frequency?

0.1 hz

400

light enters diamond from lucite. if the angle of incidence is 30 degrees, what is the angle of refraction? 

18 degrees

400

what is the wavelength of x-rays that have a frequency of 3x1019 hz

1x10-11 m

500

What kind of interference is it when a crest and trough that are the same size are on top of each other

complete destructive

500

Look on the board at the standing wave. How many nodes? How many anti nodes? How long is one wave?

5 nodes, 4 anti nodes, 10m

500

a wave travels at 10m/s. Every 5 seconds 2 waves go by. What is the wavelength of the wave? 

25m

500

What is the critical angle when light goes from sodium chloride to water?

59.7 degrees

500
when light enters a new medium where n2>n1, does light bend away or towards the normal?

towards

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