Waves
The distance between the midpoint/x-axis and peak/trough of a wave
What is amplitude?
The transfer of thermal energy through touch/direct contact of particles
What is conduction?
What is alpha decay?
The movement of ___________________ relate to electricity passing through a copper wire
What are electrons?
Command term that asks you to "give a specific name or value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation"
What is "state"?
The distance between peaks/troughs of a wave
What is wavelength?
The transfer of thermal energy through 'currents' and movement
What is convection?
Decay with the lowest ionisation ability
What is gamma decay?
The unit for potential difference
What are Volts?
Prefix that denotes x 10-6
What is micro (ยต)?
Used to calculate refractive indices, incident and refracted angles
What is Snell's Law?
If I have 38 degrees Celsius, the equivalent temperature in Kelvin
What is 311 K?
An attractive force that holds nucleons together, acting over a very short distance
What is the strong force?
The guy responsible for defining resistance as the ratio of voltage drop to current
Who is Georg Ohm?
A statement outlining the purpose of an investigation, linking the independent and dependent variables
What is an aim?
Waves where the particles move perpendicular to the direction of motion.
What are transverse waves?
The amount of energy required to heat a particular substance by 1 degree per kilogram
What is specific heat capacity?
The daughter nucleus of O-15 after beta plus radiation
What is N-15?
Used to reduce a voltage to a value needed for a part of a circuit
What is a voltage divider?
Command term that "recognises similarities and differences and the significance of these similarities and differences."
What is "compare"?
Have the longest wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum
What are radio waves?
The amount of energy required to change a substance from liquid to gas
What is latent heat of vaporisation?
The energy required to split a nucleus into individual nucleons
What is binding energy?
A measurement device that is connect in parallel to a component in a circuit
What is a voltmeter?
Command term that require you to "give a detailed account of why and/or how with reference to causes, effects, continuity, change, reasons or mechanisms; make the relationship between things evident"
What is "explain"?