Physics: Waves and Behaviors Notes

Microwaves

________- easily absorbed by water (radar, cell phone)

Pulse

________- one wave that travels through a medium.

Hertz

________ (Hz)- 1 Hz= 1 wave per second.

Amplitude

________- distance from center to crest trough.

Crest

________- top of the wave.

Physics

________: Waves and Behaviors Notes.

Wavelength

________- one complete cycle of a wave.

Trough

________- bottom of the wave.

Medium

________- material the wave travels through.

Light waves

________- don't require a medium, travels fastest in a vacuum.

X rays

________- imaging bones, radiotherapy.

Superposition

________- combining of waves.

Visible Light

________- only part of spectrum you see.

Electromagnetic waves

________- created by stars and celestial objects, no medium is needed (radio)

Mechanical waves

________- requires a medium (sound, water)

Transverse waves

________- moves perpendicular.

Amplitude measure waves

________ height and energy.