Waves Physics

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Define the term refraction

The changing of speed, and consequently the direction of a wave as it changes medium. The wavelength of the wave will also change but the frequency remains constant

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Wave speed of an EM wave in a vaccuum

3×10^8

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Define the term reflection

the bouncing back of a wave at boundary

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Define the term “wave”

A process of energy transfer through oscillations without matter being transferred with it