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Transverse Waves
Longitudinal Waves
Electromagnetic Waves
Wave Speed
Wave Behavior
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When you measure crest to crest of transverse wave

Wavelength

100

rarefaction to rarefaction 

Compression to compression

Wavelength

100

How are electromagnetic waves made?

vibrating electric and magnetic fields

100

What is the wave speed equation for all types of waves?

Wave speed = wave length x frequency

100

This occurs when a wave strikes an object and then bounces off of it.

Reflection

200
When you measure rest position to the highest or lowest point of a transverse wave

Amplitude

200

How does the amplitude change if the compressions of a wave get tighter and rarefactions get further apart?

It increases

200

What medium does electromagnetic waves travel fastest through? (Solids, liquids or gases)

Gases

200

What is the speed of a wave with a wavelength of .05m and a frequency of 50 Hz

2.5 m/s

200

the bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another.

Refraction

300

The number of waves that pass by a point each second

Frequency

300

What type of medium do sound waves travel through quickest? (Solid, liquid or gas)

Solids

300

What type of electromagnetic waves are we able to see?

Visible Light

300

What is the frequency of a wave that is travelling with a speed of 3,000 m/s and has a wavelength of 0.01m?

Include UNITS of frequency.

300000 Hz

300

The bending of a wave around an object.

Diffraction

400

The time it takes one wavelength to pass by a point

Period

400

The number of waves that pass by each second

Frequency

400

As frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength and energy or a wave?

Wavelength - decreases

Energy - increases

400

What is the wave length a wave that is travelling at a speed of 4775 m/s and has a frequency of 700 Hz?

6.82 m

400

The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave. The new wave can only exist while the two original waves continue to overlap.

Interference

500
How is wave speed calculated?

wave speed = wave length x frequency

500

The amount of time it takes on wave to pass by a point

Period

500

What type of wave has the highest energy, highest frequency and lowest wavelength on the magnetic spectrum?

Gamma Waves

500

If frequency of a wave increases how does this effect the waves speed?

Increase the waves speed

500

The process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies.

Resonance