4 - Waves

4 - Waves

1. TRANSVERSE

   • PERPENDICULAR
     • DIRECTION OF WAVE
   • EXAMPLES
     • SLINKY
       • SHAKEN
     • ELECTROMAGNETIC
       • LIGHT
       • SEE BELOW

2. LONGITUDINAL

   • PARELLEL
     • DIRECTION OF WAVE
   • EXAMPLES
     • SOUND
     • SLINKY
       • PUSHED

3. ELECTROMAGNETIC

   • SPECTRUM
   • RADIO
   • MICROWAVE
   • LIGHT
     • VISIBLE
   • ULTRAVIOLET
   • X-RAY
   • GAMMA
   • INFRARED

4. SPEED

5. TERMINOLOGY

   • WAVELEGNTH
     • lamda
     • m
   • PERIOD
     • T
     • s
   • FREQUENCY
     • f
     • Hz
   • DISPLACEMENT
     • x
     • m
   • AMPLITUDE
     • x_0
     • m
   • PHASE DIFFERENCE
     • rad
     • theta

6. PROPERTIES

   • REFLECTION
   • REFRACTION
   • DIFFRACTION