Waves Introduction
A disturbance that carries energy through matter or space.
What is a wave?
This wave moves perpendicular to particle motion.
What is a transverse wave?
Bouncing back of a wave off a surface.
What is reflection?
The speed of a wave that has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m is this.
What is 500 m/s?
Needs a medium to travel.
This wave moves parallel to particle motion.
What is a longitudinal wave?
The distance between equal parts of a wave.
What is wavelength?
The bending of a wave through an opening.
What is diffraction?
The wavelength of a wave that has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s is this.
What is 5 m?
Does not need a medium to travel.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
This wave occurs at the boundary of two mediums (such as water and air).
What is a surface wave?
The inverse of a wave's period.
What is frequency?
The phenomena due to a change in wave speed.
What is refraction?
The frequency of a wave that has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s is this.
What is 34 Hz?
All waves transmit this?
Electromagnetic waves are also categorized as this type of wave.
Determines a wave's pitch.
What is frequency?
Interference that increase amplitude.
The frequency of a wave with a period of 25 seconds is this.
No waves transmit this.
What is matter?
Longitudinal waves are also called this.
What are compressional waves?
Frequency changes when the source of waves is moving.
What is the Doppler Effect?
This results from interference between a wave its reflected wave.
What is a standing wave?
The speed of a wave that has a period of 4 seconds and a wavelength of 10 m/s is this.
What is 2.5 m/s?