click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
griddles new stack
elijahjameswhitley wave cards
Term | Definition |
---|---|
WAVES | a disturbance that travels through a medium, transporting energy from one location (its source) to another location without transporting matter. |
Medium, Frequency, | currents whose frequency falls between the range of 1000 to 10,000 Hz. |
Amplitude | the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position. |
Wavelength | describes how long the wave is. The distance from the "crest" (top) of one wave to the crest of the next wave is the wavelength. Alternately, we can |
Wave speed | the distance the wave travels in a given amount of time, |
Longitudinal Wave | the speed at which a wave travels. Wave speed is related to wavelength, frequency |
Mechanical waves | waves that need a medium for propagation. Non-mechanical waves are |
Tranverse waves | a wave in which the vibrating element moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction of advance of the wave. |
Electromagnetic waves | Electromagnetic waves or EM waves are waves that are created as a result of vibrations between an electric field and a magnetic field. |
How do waves travel? | The matter through which a wave travels is called a Medium. |