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| Where are vibrations and waves? |
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| Some naturally occur, some are man-made |
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| Any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or energy |
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| Waves travel from one place to the next. Does it take materials with it? |
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| As a wave travels it does work on _______________________. |
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| How do waves transfer energy? |
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| Substance through which a wave can travel, and can be a solid, liquid, or gas |
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| Back-and-forth movement of a particle |
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| What happens when a particle vibrates? |
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| When a particle vibrates it hits particles near it, causing them to vibrate hitting more particles, and a chain reaction occurs |
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| What is a mechanical wave? |
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| What are some examples of mechanical waves? |
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| What is an electromagnetic wave? |
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| They do not require mediums to travel |
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| What are the examples of electromagnetic waves? |
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| G, AM, FM radio waves, Microwaves, X rays, Infrared waves, Visible light, Ultraviolet, and Gamma radiation |
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| What are transverse waves? |
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| The particles vibrate up and down, perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling |
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| What are longitudinal waves? |
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| The particles vibrate back-and-forth along the path that the wave travels |
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| maximum distance the wave vibrates from its rest position |
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| What are some units of amplitude? |
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| If there is a greater amplitude the energy ___________. |
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| Distance between any two adjacent crests/trough/compressions/rarefactions |
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| # of wave oscillations per unit of time |
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| What is the units for wavelength? |
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| What are units for frequency? |
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| time it takes one wave oscillation |
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| What are the units for period? |
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| What is the equation for frequency? |
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| What is the equation for period? |
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| What is the equation for wavespeed? |
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a) Wavespeed=wavelength/period
b) Wavespeed=(wavelength)(frequency) |
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| What is wave interference? |
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| When more than one wave exists in the same space, the waves overlap and form wave interference. |
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| Within the pattern , wave effects may be ______________________________________. |
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| Increased, decreased, or neutralized. |
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| a waves position relative to its rest position |
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| When more then one wave occupies the same space at the same time the displacement ___________________. |
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| What is constructive interference? |
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| Occurs when the crest of one wave inter laps another and a wave of greater amplitude is made. |
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| What is destructive interference? |
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| Occurs when the crest of one wave over laps the trough of another. The effects are reduced and sometimes completely reduced. |
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