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It can travel through a medium & vacuum.

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EM Waves

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Repeated motion produced by a back-and-forth or up-and-down motion.

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Vibration

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Vibration produces _______

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Waves

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Vibration or disturbance of particles

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Waves

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Material that carries the wave

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Medium

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Give the types of Mediums

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Solid, Liquid, and Gas

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What does “Waves based on the nature of propagation” mean?

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This means whether a material needs a medium

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Types of Nature of Propagation

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Mechanical Waves & Electromagnetic Waves

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What is a mechanical wave?

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A wave that requires a medium to propagate

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What is an electromagnetic wave?

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A wave that does not require a medium to propagate

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Give 2 examples of mechanical waves

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Ocean waves and Seismic waves

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Give 2 examples of electromagnetic waves

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Radio waves and Microwaves

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What does “based on the direction of propagation” mean?

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Waves classified according to how they move

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Types of classifications based on the direction of propagation and what nature of propagation they’re under

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Transverse waves-Electromagnetic waves
Longitudinal waves-Mechanical waves

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Transverse waves are in what direction?

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Perpendicular to the direction of the wave

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Longitudinal waves are in what direction?

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Parallel to the direction of the wave

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What is a wavelength?

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Distance between identical points

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What is a period?

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The time it takes a wave to complete a cycle

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What is an amplitude?

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The displacement from the equilibrium

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What is a frequency?

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number of wave cycles per second

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The crest is?

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The highest point of a wave

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The trough is?

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The lowest point of a wave

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What is the equilibrium?

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The resting position

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Has the longest wavelength and lowest frequency

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Radio waves

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Who discovered radio waves?
James Clerk Maxwell
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It is an electromagnetic wave that can be seen by human eye
Visible light
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Who discovered visible light?
Isaac Newton
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All objects can omit this type of wave
Infrared ray
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Who discovered infrared rays?
Herschel
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Has shorter wavelength but greater energy than visible light
Ultraviolet rays
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Who discovered UV Rays?
Ritter
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Its name means unknown ray
X-ray
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Who discovered X-rays?
Roentgen
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A wave used in a house furniture
Microwave
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Who discovered microwaves?
Spencer
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Has the highest energy and smallest wavelength
Gamma rays
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Who discovered gamma rays?
Villard
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Who named gamma rays?
Rutherford
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AM means?
Amplitude Modulation
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FM means?
Frequency Modulation
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What does RADAR mean?
Radio Detecting and Ranging
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RMIVUXG stands for?
Radio, Micro, Infrared, Visible Light, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma ray
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Unit for wavelength
m
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Unit for frequency
Hz, s^-1, 1/s
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The phrase to remember the conversion of units
King Herny Died By Drinking Cholocate Milk
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What is a possible outcome of using UV Rays?
It can harm human health
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Are microwaves typically safer for human exposure than gamma rays?
Yes
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The complete distribution of electromagnetic waves
Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Has the highest frequency in the visible spectrum
Violet
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What year did Roentgen accidentally discover x-rays?
1895
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Coined the term Gamma ray
Rutherford
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Is it true that energy increases with frequency?
Yes
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A wave has a frequency of 6.3 x 10^-8 Hz, what is its wavelength?
4.76 x 10^15 m
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What'd be the frequency of a wave if the value of its wavelength is equivalent to 22m?
1.36 x 10^4 Hz
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the reflecting surface is on the outer surface
Conver mirror
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the reflecting surface is on the inner surface
Concave mirror
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The point in the center of the sphere
Center of Curvature
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distance between the vertex and focal point
focal length
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between the center of curvature and vertex
focal point
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imaginary line passing through the center of the mirror
principal axis
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