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1
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What is the definition of frequency?

A

Is the number of waves passing a point each second

2
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What is the frequency measured in?

A

Hertz (Hz). 1 Hz means 1 wave passing per second

3
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What is the wavelength?

A

The distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave.

4
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What is the wavelength measured in?

A

Metres

5
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What is the amplitude?

A

Maximum distance of a point on the wave from its rest position.

6
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What is the amplitude measured in?

A

Metres

7
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What is the bottom and top of the wave called?

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The top of the wave is the crest and the bottom is the trough.

8
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Wave speed (metres/second, m/s) is

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Wave speed= distance/time

M/s

9
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Wave speed is also linked to the wave frequency and wavelength…

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Wave speed= frequency x wavelength

M/s= Hz x m

10
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Which astronomer created the geocentric model?

A

Ptolemy

11
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What is the geocentric model?

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Ptolemy created the geocentric model, as he thought the Earth was in the centre of everything, with the sun and planets orbiting around it.

12
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Who created the heliocentric model?

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Nicolaus Copernicus

13
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What is the heliocentric model?

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Nicolaus Copernicus suggested that the sun is at the centre of the Solar System, and the Earth and other planets orbit around it.

14
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How did Galileo Galilei discover Jupiter’s moons?

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He utilised the telescope, and plotted the movements of the fours moons and found they orbited around Jupiter and not the Earth. This helped him to support the heliocentric model.