waves Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is power? | Power is the rate at which work is done. |
What is Force? | Force is a push or pull exerted on an object in order to change the motion of the object. |
What is work? | Work is the use of force to move an object some distance. |
What is a wave? | A wave is the vibration in a medium. |
What is a medium? | A medium is what a wave travels through. (Solid, liquid, or gas) |
What is a crest? | A crest is the points were a wave is the highest. |
What is a trough? | A troughs is the points were the wave is the lowest |
What is a longitudinal wave? | A longitudinal wave is a wave were the particles move back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels. |
What is compression? | Compression is were a section of the waves is closer together. |
What is rarefaction? | Rarefaction is the section of a wave were it is farther apart. |
What is a transverse wave? | A transverse wave is when particles move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels. |
What are mechanical waves? | A mechanical wave is a wave that requires a medium. |
What are electromagnetic waves? | Electromagnetic waves are vibrations of electric and magnetic fields and don't require a medium. |
What is amplitude? | Amplitude is the measure of how far particles in the medium move from there rest position. |
What is wavelength? | Wavelength is the distance from any point on a wave to the next identical point. |
What is frequency? | Frequency is the number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time. |
What is a hertz? | A hertz is one wavelength per second. |
What is wave speed? | Wave speed is the speed that waves travel. |
Calculate the power: W= 342 j T= 45 sec. P= ? | P= work divided by time P= 342 divided by 45 P= 7.6 watts |
Calculate the work: W= ? F= 447 newtons D= 39 meters | W= force times distance W= 447 times 39 W= 17,433 joules |
Give 4 examples of mechanical waves. | 1. music 2. vocal sounds 3. waving a towel 4. water waves |
Give 4 examples of electromagnetic waves. | 1. sunlight 2. microwaves 3. visible light 4. x-rays |
How do you measure the wavelength of a transverse wave? | You would measure from crest to crest or trough to trough. |
How would you measure the wavelength of a longitudinal wave? | You would measure from compression to crest or rarefaction to trough. |
What is a longitudinal wave? | A longitudinal wave is when particles of the medium move up and down compared to the direction the wave is moving. |
what is a transverse wave? | A transverse wave is when particles of the medium move perpendicularly compared to the direction the wave is moving. |
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