The Power Of Waves Flashcards

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What dose resistor mean

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A electrical component that limits and regulates flow of electricity

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What is a conductor ?

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A substance that allows electrical charge carriers to move easily

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What does voltage refer to

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The potential difference difference in charge , between two points

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What does Resistance refer to

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The force that limits movement of electrical charge carriers

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5
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What does current refer to

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The flow of electrons

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What is Ohms law.

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V=IR

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Characteristics of a series circuit

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1 pathway
Break in circuit = broken circuit
Easy to set up

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Characteristics of a parallel circuits

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Multiple pathways
Break in circuit
Harder to setup

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What is Conduction

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The process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through the material of a substance

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What is convection

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The movement of molecules due to temperature

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What is radiation

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The emission of energy as electro magnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high energy particles which causes causes ionization

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What is particle theory

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All mater consists of many very small particles which are constantly moving or in continental state of motion

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13
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Types of waves

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Transverse

Longitudinal

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14
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List examples of transverse waves

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Light and ocean waves

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15
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List examples of compression

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Sound

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16
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What are sound waves

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Vibrations are sent out which cause particles to hit each other

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Speed of sound through solids

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Very fast because atoms are very close to each other

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Speed of sound through liquids

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Middle-atoms are further away from each other

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Speed of sound through gas

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Gas: slow-atoms are far away from each other

20
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Relationship for of frequency and pitch

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Lower pitch= lower frequency

High pitch= high frequency

21
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Places sound is used in real life

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Music
Sonar
Radio
Uktrasound

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What is the wavelength

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The distance between two identical peaks

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What is the frequency

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The number of complete cycles per second

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What is amplitude

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The maximum distance moved from point on a vibrating body or wave measured from it’s equilibrium position

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What is pitch
How high or low a note is played
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What is compression
The area in a wave where the particles are closest together
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The electromagnetic spectrum
``` Gamma Rays X-rays Ultraviolet Visible light Infrared Microwaves Radio ```
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What does absorption mean
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What does absorption mean
What does absorption mean the process by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
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What does scattering mean
When light or other energy waves pass through an imperfect medium
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What does reflection mean
The throwing back by body or surface of light,heat, or sound without absorbing it
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What is refraction
Being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density
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What is the law of reflection
States that the incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal to the mirror all lie on the same plane
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Why does refraction occur
Light follows the principle of least action which means it takes the future route which is to bend