Longitudinal Waves
What do thes waves look like?
Side to Side
What do these waves look like?
Up and down
What kind of waves to Earthquakes create?
Seismic waves
A wave has a wavelength of 4 meters and has a frequency of 10 waves per second, what is the speed?
40 m/s
A wave is...
A disturbance of energy in a medium
How is the frequency in sound measured?
Hertz
How is the wavelength of lightwaves measured?
Meters
How do people use seismic waves to explore underground?
They make seismic waves on the surface then measure them as they bounce back.
A wave has a wavelength of 6.9 and a frequency of 14, what is the speed?
27.6 m/s
What are the high energy and low energy parts called?
Compressions and Rarefactions
What types of mediums can this wave pass through?
Solids, gasses, liquids
What types of mediums can these waves pass through?
All
What are waves called that move in a circle?
Surface waves
A wave has a speed of 87 m/s and a frequency of 5 waves per second, what is the wavelength?
17.4 meters
Waves carry this from place to place, but not that.
Energy, but not particles
What are the waves called in longitudinal waves called?
compressions
What kind of light wave has the highest amount of energy?
Gamma ray
What are light waves called
Electromagnetic waves
A wave has a wavelength of 73.82 and a frequency of 32.015, what is the speed exactly?
2363.3473 m/s
Who invented waves?
Heinrich Hertz
What frequency does middle c have on a piano
261.6 Hz
Name all the parts and measurements of this wave
Parts:
crest, trough, the position of equilibrium
Measurements:
Amplitude, frequency, wavelength, speed
What kind of waves to most modern cables use?
light or electromagnetic waves
A wave has a speed of 42.956 m/s and a wavelength of 12.37 meters, what exactly is the frequency?
3.47259498787 waves per second
Name the 7 main types of lightwaves
radio waves, microwaves, infrared (IR), visible light, ultraviolet (UV), X-rays and gamma rays