Wave Properties?
V shaped waves produced by an object moving faster than the speed of light
What is a bow wave?
The inverse of a period
What is a frequency?
The higher frequency then the shorter the______.
what is wavelength?
produced by the vibration of material objects.
what is sound?
The type of wave in an earthquake you feel first
What is the P wave?
The way in which interference patters are produced
What is a overlapping wave?
The equation of wave speed
What is frequency x wavelength?
The distance in meters from the crest of one wave to the crest of another.
What is wavelength
increased in measured frequency from an approaching source
what is the doppler effect?
The type of instrument that measure earthquakes
what is a seismorgraph (or seisometer)?
The medium particles move back and forth (oscillated) perpendicular to the direction of the wave
What is a transverse wave?
Waves tracel at a speed of 4 m/s at a frequency of 2 Hz. The wavelength is________.
What is 2m?
Part of the electromagnetic spectrum that contains color.
what is visible light
decreased in measured frequency from a star that is moving away from you
what is red shift?
The place where earthquakes occur beneath the ground
what is the focus or epifocus?
Electromagnetic waves with the greatest frequency
What are radio waves?
Waves that travel at 4 Hz. The period must be______.
What is 0.25s?
all the different wavelengths of visible light combined together
what is white light
the actual speed of sound at normal room temperture of 20 degrees C.
what is 340 m/s?
earthquakes occur in breaks in the crust called this
what are faults?
The period of a wave with frequency of 50HZ.
The Sears building sways back and forth every 10s. So the frequency of the vibriation is_______.
What is 0.1Hz?
electromagnetic waves with the highest frequency and shorter wavelengths
what are gamma rays
cone shaped wave produced from object moving at speed faster than speed of sound (supersonic speeds)
What is a shock wave?
The names of the tectonic plates the California is located
what are the pacific and north america plates?