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Wave Test Mr. Young

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Energy   is the ability to cause change.  
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Waves   are rhythmic disturbances carry energy without carrying matter.  
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Mechanical Waves   Travel as energy is transferred from particle to particle.  
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Medium   is the matter that carries energy.  
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A Transverse Wave   causes matter in the medium to move up and down or back and forth at right angles the direction that the wave travels.  
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A compressional wave   moves matter back and forth in the same direction that wave is moving.  
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Sound Waves are   Compressional Waves.  
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Seismic waves   are caused by vibrating in the ground.  
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There are 3 types of Seimic waves:   Primary(P)Waves, Secondary(S)Waves, and Surface(L) Waves.  
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Primary wave   Oscillates back and forth along the direction the wave travels.  
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Secondary Wave   Oscillates perpendicular to the direction of wave motion.  
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Surface Wave   Causes horizontal and sometimes vertical ground movement.  
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Electromagnetic waves is   energy that can travel through space that has no matter.  
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Electromagnetic Spectrum:   Radio Waves, miscro waves, infrarred, ROYGBIV, Ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma.  
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Amplitude   of a transverse wave is 1/2 the distance between a crest and a trough.  
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The larger the amplitude,   the more energy the wave will carry.  
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Wavelength is the distancde between crest and the next crest or trough to the next trough on a transverse wave and on a compressional wave   it is the distance between the center of a compression to the center of the next compression, or center on the rarefaction to the center of the next rarefaction.  
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Frequency is   the number of waves that pass a point in 1 second and is measured in wavelengths per second or Hertz (Hz)  
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Blue has a   short wavelength and red has a long wavelength.  
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Light   travels through theair at 300 million m/s(3x10^5 m/s) Sound travels through the air at 340 m/s.  
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Reflection occurs when   a wave bounces off a surface.  
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Refraction occurs when   waves are bent as they pass from one medium to another.  
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Diffraction   is the bending of waves around a barrier.  
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Violet   bends more than red.  
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Constructive interference   occurs when crests pverlap and combine with each other.  
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Destructive interference   occurs when a crest and a trough overlap and the amplitudes amount out or form a small crest.  
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