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1
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What do waves do?

A

Transfer energy and information without transferring matter

2
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What is frequency?

A

The number of waves passing a point each second, measured in Hertz

3
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What is period?

A

The time taken for one wavelength to pass a point. 1/frequency

4
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What are the similarities between longitudinal and traverse waves?

A

They both transfer energy without transferring matter, both have an amplitude, speed, wavelength and frequency

5
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What are the differences between longitudinal and traverse waves?

A

Particles in longitudinal waves vibrate along the direction of movement whereas particles in traverse waves move at 90 degrees to the direction of travel

6
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Wave speed equation?

A

Frequency x wavelength

7
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Distance equation?

A

Wave speed x time

8
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What are the properties of electromagnetic waves?

A

All are transverse, all travel at 3 x 10^8 in a vacuum, all transfer energy to the observer

9
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What is the order of the electromagnetic spectrum?

A

Radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma rays

10
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What has the longest wavelength?

A

Radio waves

11
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What has the highest frequency?

A

Gamma rays

12
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What are the uses of radio waves?

A

Broadcasting radio and TV, communicating with ships, aeroplanes and satellites

13
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What are the uses of microwaves?

A

In mobile phones to communicate by satellite transmission, for cooking

14
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What are the dangers of microwaves?

A

They heat water, so they can heat the water in your body

15
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What are the uses of infrared?

A

Cooking, thermal images, TV controls where the signal only travels short distances

16
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What are the dangers of infrared?

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It transfers thermal energy and too much can cause skin burn

17
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What are the uses of visible light?

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Allows us to see, illumination, photography

18
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What are the uses of ultraviolet?

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To detect security marks, to detect forged bank notes, to disinfect water

19
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What are the dangers of ultraviolet?

A

UV in sunlight can damage skin cells causing sunburn, overtime exposure can cause skin cancer, it can damage cells

20
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What are the uses of x-rays?

A

To look inside objects

21
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What are the uses of gamma rays?

A

To sterilise food and medical equipment, in scanners to detect cancer, to help treat cancer

22
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What are the dangers of gamma and x-rays?

A

They can cause mutation to the DNA cells in the body, this may kill cells or cause cancer