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
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