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PS 8 & 9 TEST
Waves, Sound, and Electromagnetic Spectrum Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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What are waves? | |
What are longitudinal waves? | |
What are transverse waves? | The pulse, or reference point, moves at a opposite direction to the wave. |
What are crests? | |
What are troughs? | |
What is compression? | Travels in pulse, or disturbance, movies in the same direction as wave. |
What is a rarefaction? | |
What is a medium? | |
What is a wavelength? | |
What is a amplitude? | |
What is a frequency? | |
What is the doppler effect? | |
What is infrasonic? | |
What is ultrasonic? | |
What is intensity? | |
What is a decibel? | |
What is pitch? | |
What is loudness? | |
What is the electromagnetic spectrum? | |
What is reflection? | |
What is refraction? | |
What is diffraction? | |
What is resonance? | Is the tendency of a system to vibrate the maximum amplitude at certain frequencies. |
What is plane mirror? | |
What is concave mirror? | |
What is convex mirror? | |
What are concave lenses? | |
What is convex lenses? | |
What is diffraction grating? | |
What are photons? | |
What's the speed of sound? | |
What medium does sound travel in? | |
Why does sound travel in |