Wave Behaviors
Wave characteristics
Wave equation
Types of Waves
Properties of light
100
the turning back of a wave as it hits its boundary
What is Reflection
100
One of the places in a wave where the wave is highest or the disturbance is greatest
What is crest
100
Q=mcp^T
What is the equation for heat ?
100
Mechanical waves
What type of wave uses sound/water/seismic ?
100
Light Wave
What travels 300,000 km per second ?
200
the bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another
What is Refraction
200
One of the places in a wave where the wave is lowest, or the disturbance is greatest, in the opposite direction from a crest
What is Trough
200
V=(Wavelength)(Frequency)
What is the equation for velocity?
200
Electromagnetic waves
What type of wave functions with light/x-rays/microwaves ?
200
Luminous
What is an object that produces light ?
300
a condition that exists when the frequency of a force applied to a system matches the natural vibration of a system
What is Resonance
300
distance from the midpoint to the maximum of a wave or from midpoint to minimum
What is Amplitude
300
T=1/(frequency)
What is the equation for Period?
300
Longitudinal waves
What type of wave vibrates in the same direction as were the wave velocity ?
300
Non-luminous
What is do you call an object that reflects light ?
400
the spreading of waves into region behind an obstruction
What is diffraction
400
The distance from the top of the crest of a wave to the top of the following crest
What is Wavelength
400
F=1/T
What is the equation of frequency ?
400
Transverse waves
What type of wave uses EM waves or stadium moves ?
400
Smooth and shiny
What properties does is cause a clear reflection ? (2)
500
the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration
What is polarization
500
whatever the wave is going through
What is Medium
500
Snell's law= n1sin01=n2sin02
What is the equation of snell's law ?
500
Sound/Television/Radio/X-ray
What type of waves require a medium to travel through ?( At least 3)
500
Rough and dull
What are the properties of a diffuse reflection ?(2)
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