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    This document defines key terms related to waves, including wavelength, amplitude, crest, trough, electromagnetic waves, mechanical waves, longitudinal waves, and transverse waves. It provides equations for calculating wavelength, amplitude, and wave speed. Key points covered include that wavelength is the distance between wave crests, amplitude is the distance from the rest position to the crest, crests are points of maximum displacement while troughs are points of minimum displacement, and longitudinal waves involve medium displacement parallel to wave propagation while transverse waves involve perpendicular oscillation.

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    This document defines key terms related to waves, including wavelength, amplitude, crest, trough, electromagnetic waves, mechanical waves, longitudinal waves, and transverse waves. It provides equations for calculating wavelength, amplitude, and wave speed. Key points covered include that wavelength is the distance between wave crests, amplitude is the distance from the rest position to the crest, crests are points of maximum displacement while troughs are points of minimum displacement, and longitudinal waves involve medium displacement parallel to wave propagation while transverse waves involve perpendicular oscillation.

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    This document defines key terms related to waves, including wavelength, amplitude, crest, trough, electromagnetic waves, mechanical waves, longitudinal waves, and transverse waves. It provides equations for calculating wavelength, amplitude, and wave speed. Key points covered include that wavelength is the distance between wave crests, amplitude is the distance from the rest position to the crest, crests are points of maximum displacement while troughs are points of minimum displacement, and longitudinal waves involve medium displacement parallel to wave propagation while transverse waves involve perpendicular oscillation.

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    Waves

    By: Joe Wade & Jaycen Milner

    Wavelength
    Wavelength is the distance between successive
    crests of a wave, epically points in a sound wave or
    electromagnetic waves.
    When you study waves you will find that wavelength
    and frequency are related by an equation
    ________: Speed of the wave__________ x Wavelength
    when you measure the length of the waves there is a
    separate equation
    Wavelength= Speed of the wave x Wavelength
    There are many examples of wave length one of
    which is the distance between the crest of two ______.

    Amplitude
    This is the distance from the rest of the position to
    the crest position which is half the vertical distance
    from a trough to a crest.
    The __________ could be measured as the distance of
    a line segment that is perpendicular to the
    ______position and extends vertically upward from
    the rest position A.
    To find the amplitude of a wave you have the use the
    equation.
    Equation A=D/F (amplitude equals distance divided
    by frequency)

    Crest

    The crest of a wave is the point on a wave with the


    ________value or upward displacement within a cycle.
    A crest is a point on the wave where the __________ of
    the medium is at a maximum.
    The crest of mount Everest is about _______ feet
    about the ground

    Trough
    A trough is the _______ point and the medium sinks to
    in the rest position.
    An example of a trough is the lower part of a wave or
    a hill
    If you are surfing and the wave collapse on you then
    you are in a ______.

    Electromagnetic

    Electromagnetic waves are waves which can travel


    through the vacuum of outer space.
    Sound waves are examples of mechanical waves
    while light waves are examples of electromagnetic
    _____.
    Electromagnetic waves are created by the vibration
    of electromagnetic charge.
    This vibration creates a wave which has both an
    electric and _______component

    Mechanical
    A mechanical wave is a wave that is an oscillation of
    matter, and therefore transfers energy through a
    medium.
    While waves can move over long distances, the
    movement of the medium of transmission the
    material is limited. Therefore, oscillating material
    does not move far from it initial ________ position.

    A sound wave is an example of a mechanical wave.


    Sound waves are incapable of traveling through a
    vacuum. Slinky waves, water waves, stadium waves
    ______rope waves and other examples of mechanical
    waves.
    Each requires some _______ in order to exist

    Longitudinal

    Longitudinal waves, also known as I waves are waves


    in which the displacement of the medium is in the
    same direction as, or the opposite direction to, the
    _______ of the travel of the wave
    One way to categorize waves is to say that they are
    longitudinal waves and transverse waves.
    In a longitudinal wave, particles of the medium are
    displaced in a direction parallel to energy to
    transport
    Examples of longitudinal waves include sound waves
    (vibrations in pressure, particles of displacement,
    and particle velocity propagated in an elastic
    medium.)
    In longitudinal waves, the displacement of the
    medium is parallel to the propoganda of the wave.

    Transverse

    This is a moving wave that consists of oscillations


    occurring perpendicular to the direction of energy
    transfer.

    If a transverse wave is moving in the positive x


    direction, its oscillations are in up and down
    directions that lie in the y-z plane.
    An example of a transverse wave is light.

    Calculating wave speed

    There are several ways to calculate the speed of a


    ____
    The first equation: ________________
    The second equation: __________________
    Example,

    8/4 = 2
    wave speed equals 2

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