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What do progressive waves do?
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Carry energy from one place to another without transferring any material.
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Amplitude?
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Maximum magnitude of displacement from equilibrium position.
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Frequency?
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Number of cycles per second passing a given point.
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Wavelength?
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The length of one whole wave cycle, from crest to crest or trough to trough.
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Phase?
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Measurement of the position of a certain point along the wave cycle.
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Phase difference?
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Amount one wave lags behind the other.
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f =
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1/t
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c =
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d / t or fλ
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What is one radian?
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The angle made by an arc equal to the radius of a circle.
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360 degrees =
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2π
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180 degrees =
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π
12
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If you know the angle how can you work out the radian?
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Divide the angle by 180.
AS Physics
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Decks in class (39)
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3.1.1 - Base Units14
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3.1.1 - Derived Units23
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3.1.1 - Prefix Notation In Standard Form33
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3.1.1 - Converting Between Units18
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3.1.2 - Random And Systematic Errors9
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3.1.2 - Definitions10
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3.2.1.7 - Application Of Conservation Laws7
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3.4.1.2 - Moments13
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3.2.2.1 - The Photoelectric Effect18
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3.2.2.2-3 - Collisions Of Electrons And Energy Levels And Photon Emission22
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3.2.2.4 - Wave-particle Duality8
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3.4.1.3 - Motion Along A Straight Line22
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3.4.1.4 - Projectile Motion13
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3.4.1.5 - Newton's Laws Of Motion16
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3.3.1.1 - Progressive Waves12
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3.3.1.2 - Longitudinal And Transverse Waves14
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3.4.1.6 - Momentum8
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3.3.1.3 - Principle Of Superposition Waves And Formation Of Stationary Waves15
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3.3.2.1 - Interference25
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3.3.2.2 - Diffraction10
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3.3.2.3 - Refraction At A Plane Surface21
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3.4.1.7 - Work, Energy And Power11
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3.4.1.8 - Conservation Of Energy7
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3.5.1.1 - The Basics Of Electricity5
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3.5.1.2 - Current-Voltage Characteristics19
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3.4.2.1 - Bulk Properties Of Solids42
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3.4.2.2 - The Young Modulus7
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3.5.1.3 - Resistivity22
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3.5.1.4 - Circuits10
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3.5.1.5 - Potential Divider9
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3.5.1.6 - Electromotive Force And Internal Resistance13
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3.2.1.1 - Constituents of the Atom21
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3.2.1.2 - Unstable and Stable Nuclei28
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3.2.1.3 - Particles, Antiparticles and Photons30
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3.2.1.4 - Particle Interactions22
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3.1.2 - Uncertainty15
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3.4.1.1 - Scalars and Vectors10
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3.2.1.5 - Classification of Particles40
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3.2.1.6 - Quarks and Antiquarks21
