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What is the Wave Speed Equation?Wave Speeds = Frequency x Wavelength [m/s] = [Hz] x [m]
What is the Wave Speed Equation?Wave Speeds = Frequency x Wavelength [m/s] = [Hz] x [m]
What happens when a Wave hits a Medium?-The Particles of the Medium then Vibrate and Transfer Energy between Each other. -Pretty much, Energy is Transferred
What is the Amplitude of a Wave?-This is the Displacement [Distance] between the Rest Position to the Crest [Peak]
What is a Wavelength?This is the Length of of a Full Cycle of that Wave [Crest - Crest] [Trough - Trough]
What is the Frequency?-This is the Number of Complete Waves that pass a certain Point per Second -This is measured Hertz [Hz]
What is the Period of a Wave?Tis is the Number of Seconds it takes for a Full Cycle. Period = 1/Frequency
What happens in a Transverse Wave? Where can it Travel on?-All the Vibration are Perpendicular to the Wave's Direction. -Picture a Straight Line, with Line going up at 90 degrees -They can travel on the Surface of a Liquid, but can't go Through a Liquids
What Waves are Transverse Waves?-All the Electromagnetic Waves -S Waves -Ripples and Waves in Water
Longitudinal Waves, what are they?-Here, the Vibrations are Parallel to the Directions of the Wave -They can Squash up and then Stretch out the Particles, which can make Compressions and Rarefactions
Examples of Longitudinal Waves?-Sounds Waves -P Waves
What is the Wave Speed Equation?Wave Speeds = Frequency x Wavelength [m/s] = [Hz] x [m]