3.1 Waves

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What is a wave?

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A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place through matter or space.

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What do waves transfer?

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Energy.

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How can energy be transferred from one medium to another?

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Through vibrations.

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What type of wave is characterized by particle motion perpendicular to wave direction?

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Transverse wave.

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Which type of wave cannot travel in a vacuum?

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Sound wave.

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What is a longitudinal wave?

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A wave in which the particle displacement is parallel to the direction of wave propagation.

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What is an electromagnetic wave?

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A wave that can travel through a vacuum and consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields.

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What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

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Approximately 299,792 kilometers per second (or about 300,000 kilometers per second).

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What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

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They are inversely related; as wavelength increases, frequency decreases and vice versa.

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What is amplitude in the context of waves?

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The maximum displacement of points on a wave from its rest position.