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| TRANSFER ENERGY. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF WAVES, TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDE |
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WHAT THE WAVE TRAVELS IN (For this lab a slinky is the medium) |
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| A SINGLE CREST OR TROUGH, OR A SINGLE COMPRESSION OR RAREFACTION |
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ANY PARTICLE ON THE WAVE MOVES PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF THE WAVE'S MOTION |
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| UPWARD DISPLACEMENT ON A TRANSVERSE WAVE |
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DOWNWARD DISPLACEMENT ON A TRANSVERSE WAVE |
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| WHERE THE PARTICLES ARE NORMALLY LOCATED |
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MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT ON ANY PARTICLE ALONG THE WAVES. |
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NUMBER OF CYCLES PER SECOND (Unit for frequency is Hertz) Hz |
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DISTANCE ______________ TIME THE WAVE TRAVELS |
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TIME FOR ONE COMPLETE OSCILLATION TIME FOR ONE COMPLETE WAVE |
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DISTANCE FROM CREST TO CREST RAREFACTION TO RAREFACTION OR COMPRESSION TO COMPRESSION |
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ANY PARTICLE ON THE WAVE MOVES PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF THE WAVE'S MOTION EQUALS PROPAGATION |
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AN AREA OF A LONGITUDINAL WAVE WHERE THE PARTICLES ARE PUSHED TOGETHER OR "COMPRESSED" |
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AN AREA OF A LONGITUDINAL WAVE WHERE THE PARTICLES ARE SPREAD APART. |
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