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Chapter 12- Waves
Physical Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Work = | force * distance |
| Pendulum | Mass attached to an arm at a pivot point that swings under the influence of gravity. |
| Damping | The effect of friction on periodic motion, which makes the amplitude get smaller. |
| Crest | top of a wave. |
| wavelength | measuring crest to crest, trough to though. |
| Diffraction | when a wave moves past a corner and appears to fold or flow around every corner. |
| Destructive Interference | amplitudes subtracted from each other. |
| Constructive Interference | add the amplitudes together( the waves are in phase, crest matches crest, and trough matches trough ) |
| Reflection | occurs when a wave bounces off a surface that doesn't completely absorb it. |
| Longitudinal waves | vibrations are parallel to the direction of wave movement. |