p5 waves wrong cognito questions

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similarities between transverse and longitudinal waves

  • transfer energy without transferring matter’

  • both involve continuous oscillations

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define time period

  • time taken for one complete wave

  • unit: seconds

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equation linking frequency and time period

Time Period = 1 / frequency

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Describe the movement of the buoy as the water passes it.

  • water waves are transverse

  • the buoy will move up and down as water rises and falls

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Describe how a ripple tank creates waves that can be observed on a piece of paper below the ripple tank

  • when the power supply is turned on it causes the bar in the ripple tanks to vibrte in the water

  • this sets up waves in the water'

  • a light source above projects an iamge of the wavefronts onto the paper below