sound and waves

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sound

is produced when an object vibrates, creating pressure waves that travel through a medium

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waves

transmit energy from one place to another without moving matter over the same distance

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2 types of waves

longitudinal and transverse

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longitudinal

needs a medium to travel through
travel parallel to direction of the wave
340 m/s (sound waves in air)

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tranverse

lightspeed
does not need a medium to travel through
300,000,000 m/s

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DNA damaging waves

UV
X-ray
Gamma

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frequency

how many waves per second

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electromagnetic spectrum

Range of wave lengths of electromagnetic radiation

Different EM types have diff amounts of energy but all travel at light speed

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