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Flashcards on Waves
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What is a wave?
A disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.
What are the two types of waves?
Transverse and longitudinal waves.
What is the wavelength of a wave?
The distance between two corresponding points on a wave.
What is the amplitude of a wave?
The maximum displacement of particles from their resting position.
What is the frequency of a wave?
The number of complete waves passing a point in a given time.
What is the period of a wave?
The time taken for one complete wave to pass a point.
What is the speed of a wave?
The distance traveled by a wave per unit of time.
What is the reflection of a wave?
The bouncing back of a wave after striking a boundary.
What is the refraction of a wave?
The bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another.
What is the diffraction of a wave?
The bending of waves around obstacles or openings.
What is interference in waves?
The combination of two or more waves to form a resultant wave.
What is the Doppler effect?
The change in frequency of a wave due to the motion of the source or the observer.
What is constructive interference?
When two waves combine to form a wave with a larger amplitude.
What is destructive interference?
When two waves combine to form a wave with a smaller amplitude.
What is resonance?
The phenomenon where a vibrating system or external force drives another system to oscillate with greater amplitude at a specific frequency.
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What is the distance between two corresponding points on a wave called?
Frequency
Amplitude
Wavelength
Period
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Which type of wave requires a medium to travel through?
Longitudinal wave
Transverse wave
Both
None
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What is the maximum displacement of particles from their resting position called?
Wavelength
Amplitude
Frequency
Period
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Which phenomenon explains why sound changes as a moving vehicle passes by?
Doppler effect
Reflection
Refraction
Interference
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What is the change in frequency of a wave due to the motion of the source or the observer called?
Amplitude
Doppler effect
Frequency
Wavelength
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Which phenomenon explains the bending of waves around obstacles or openings?
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Interference
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When two waves combine to form a wave with a larger amplitude, it is called...
Constructive interference
Destructive interference
Resonance
Diffraction
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What is the bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another called?
Reflection
Refraction
Interference
Diffraction
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Which type of wave moves particles perpendicular to the direction of the wave?
Transverse wave
Longitudinal wave
Both
None
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What is the phenomenon where a vibrating system or external force drives another system to oscillate with greater amplitude at a specific frequency?
Diffraction
Interference
Resonance
Reflection
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