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Mechanical Waves
EM Waves
100
This unit is used for Wavelength
What is meters?
100
This variable is "v"
What is Velocity?
100
This formula for velocity uses distance and time.
What is v=d/t
100
This wave has crests and troughs
What is a Transverse wave
100
All EM waves are this type of wave.
What is a transverse wave?
200
This unit is used for Velocity
What is Meters per second?
200
This variable is represented by "f"
What is Frequency?
200
This formula for period has a 1 and an "f"
What is T=1/f
200
This type of wave has compressions and rarefactions
What is a longitudinal wave?
200
This is the name for the speed at which all EM waves travel.
What is The speed of light?
300
This unit is used for Period
What is Seconds?
300
This variable is represented by "T"
What is Period?
300
This formula for velocity has frequency and wavelength
What is v=F times "lambda"
300
Sound is this type of wave
What is a longitudinal wave
300
This category of EM waves has a low Frequency, a long wavelength, and low energy.
What is a radio wave?
400
This unit is used for frequency
What is Hertz?
400
This variable is represented by "Lambda"
What is Wavelength?
400
This formula for velocity has wavelength and period
What is v=Lamda/T
400
The bunched up portion of a longitudinal wave is called.
What is a compression.
400
This category of EM waves has the lowest wavelength, the highest frequency, and the most energy.
What is Gamma Waves?
500
This unit is used for the speed of light
What is meters per second?
500
The variable "g" represents this.
What is gravitational acceleration?
500
This Formula for Kinetic energy has mass and velocity.
What is KE=mv^2
500
This type of wave has the particle of a medium move in a circle?
What is a surface wave?
500
This is the speed, in m/s, that all EM waves travel at.
What is 3.0x10^8