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| Movement through a medium |
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| Disturbance (sound, light, radio waves) that move through a medium |
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| recurring disturbance advancing through space with or without the used of a physical medium. |
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~ Transverse Waves
~ Longitudinal Waves |
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| 90 degrees to the direction in which wave travels |
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| distance from crest of one wave to the crest of next |
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| half the distance measured vertically from crest line to the trough. |
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| also called "Compression Waves" or "Sound Waves" |
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~ travels back and forth in same direction as wave motion
~compresses/decompresses transmission medium |
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vehicle through which wave travels from one point to the next
(ex: air, water, the ground)) |
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| Requirement for Longitudinal & Transverse Wave Propagation |
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~Source
~Medium
~Detector or Receiver |
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~Cycle
~Wavelength
~Amplitude
~Frequency
~Reference Line |
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| combo of one complete positive and one complete negative alternation represents one cycle of the wave. |
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| distance in space occupied by one cycle wave at any given instant |
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| measured from the distance leading edge of one cycle to the corresponding point on the next cycle. |
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| height of a wave crest above the reference line called "the amplitude of a wave". |
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| gives a relative indication of the amount of energy the wave transmits |
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# of vibrations or cycles of a wavetrain in a unit of time
~measured in hertz |
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| rate which disturbance travels through the medium,or velocity which the crest of the moves along |
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~neither transmitted nor absorbed
~reflect from surface of medium encountered |
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| Incident wave (reflection) |
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| wave directed toward the surface of the mirror |
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| wave bounces off the mirror |
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| angle between the incident and the normal angle |
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| angle between the reflected wave and the normal |
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| T/F The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection |
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| wave passes from one medium into another medium that has a different velocity of propagation, a change in direction. |
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| change of direction as wave enters the second medium |
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| angle between the normal and the path of the wave through the second medium |
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