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Waves
Ms. Juanita Larraín-Linton
Two types of waves
Transverse waves
“Up and down”: oscillations
Transverse waves
Transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
“Back and forth”
rarefraction
compression
Longitudinal waves
Wavefronts
Wavefronts
Each line is a compression
Wavefronts
Each line is a peak (or crest)
Describing waves
Speed
Frequency
Wavelength
Amplitude
Speed
How fast a wave moves
UNIT: m / s
Frequency
How many waves pass through a certain point per second
UNIT: Hz (hertz)
Wavelength
Distance between wavefronts (peaks or compressions)
UNIT: m
Amplitude
Refers to the magnitude of the wave
How “high” a peak is
Period
How long one wave cycle is (UNIT: s)
UNIT: s
Period and frequency
Period: how long it takes one wave to cycle
Frequency: how many waves pass through one point in a second
T = 1 / f