Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Physics: Waves Super Summary.
Ranges from pages: 1 to 35.
- Types of waves
- 1) Transverse waves
- Definition: It moves from right- angles to; or
perpendicular to the vibration causing it.
- E.g: Light; X- Rays; Gamma Rays;
Radio Waves
- 2) Longitudinal
Waves
- Definition: It moves parallel to the vibration
causing it.
- When the area of the longitudinal wave is closer together, it's called a ---->
"Compression"
- When an area of the longitudinal wave is spread further apart, it is called a ---->
"Rarefaction"
- E.g: Slinky Spring; Sound Wave; Ultra-
sound
- *Waves transfer energy but in general don't transfer matter.*
- Describing Waves:
- Wavelength
- The distance from one wave peak to the next wave
peak along the waves or it can also be described as
a point on one wave to the same point on the next
wave.
- The wavelength is the distance between each
compression or rarefaction.
- Amplitude
- The distance measured from the middle of the
wave to the height of the crest or depth of the
trough NOT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF WAVE
- The amplitude of a longitudinal wave
is the maximum distance a particle
moves from the centre of its motion.
- Frequency
- The frequency of a wave of a certain wavelength is the
number of complete waves passing a point each
second.
- Wave equation:
- Wave speed (m/s) = frequency (Hz) x wavelength (m)
- V= Speed (m/s)
- F= Frequency (Hertz)
- Frequency= No. of complete waves / passing a point each
second
- Frequency= Speed (m/s) / wavelength (m)
- = Wavelength (m)
- Wavelength= Speed (m/s) / Frequency (Hz)
- Plane Wave Fronts
- A straight bar causes straight wave fronts
- The distance between the wave fronts is equal,
making the wavelength the same.
- The frequency of the waves = the vibrancy of the bar
- A rod dipper produces circular wave fronts
- The distance between the wave fronts = the
length of the circular waves.
- Water waves can be reflected and refracted
- Reflection
- Law of reflection
- "The angle of incidence = the angle of refraction."
- Normal
- A ray at 90 degrees to the mirror
- Angle of Incidence
- Lies between the incident ray and the normal
- Angle of reflection
- Lies between the reflected ray and the normal
- Incident ray
- Shines into the mirror
- Reflected ray
- Shines out of the mirror.
- Refraction (Wave fronts)
- This is when light passes through a
transparent material it changes
direction.
- Q- What pattern is there between the angle of incidence
and the angle of refraction?
- As the angle of incidence increases,
the angle of refraction increases.
- Q- What happens if you shine a ray of light along
the normal?
- It would have passed through
without changing direction.