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Waves

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GCSE Physics Note on Waves, created by Olivia Weatherhead on 30/05/2013.

Note by Olivia Weatherhead, updated more than 1 year ago

	Created by Olivia Weatherhead almost 11 years ago

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Waves Transfer Energy and Information

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Wavelength: distance between corresponding points in the waveAmplitude: maximum displacement of a part of the medium from rest position

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Period:time for one complete cyclefrequency: number of cycles per second

WAVE SPEED (V) = FREQUENCY X WAVELENGTH

Spreading of Waves as the pass an obstacle

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Diffraction

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