Flashcards
Waves
Cards in this deck (10)
- 1Amplitude...Displacement of a wave from the rest position to a crest or trough
- 2Wavelength...The distance from one point on the wave to the same point on the next wave
- 3Frequency...The number of complete waves passing a certain point each second
- 4Longitudinal waves...Waves in the direction of travel
- 5Example of longitudinal wave...Sound waves
- 6Transverse waves...Waves in a sideways vibration (90 degrees to direction)
- 7Examples of transverse waves...Mexican waves
- 8Half life...Time taken for half the undecayed nuclei to decay (half of its original value)
- 9From Radio to Gamma, Would that be 1.increasing/decreasing frequency 2.increasing/decreasing size1. Increasing frequency
2. Decreasing size - 10Three similarities between all the waves...-They travel at 300,000 m/s
-They are all transverse waves
-They can travel through a vacuum(space)