GCSE Physics - Waves
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All 15 questions in this deck
- What do mechanical waves require to travel?
- Define transverse waves and give an example.
- Define longitudinal waves and give an example.
- State the wave equation.
- How do you calculate wave speed using distance and time?
- Describe how to measure the velocity of sound in air.
- Describe reflection of a wave.
- What is transmission of a wave?
- What is absorption of a wave?
- How do the speeds of EM waves compare in a vacuum?
- Which EM wave has the highest energy?
- What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength in EM waves?
- Give a hazard of infrared radiation.
- Explain how radio waves transmit information.
- What is a rarefaction in a longitudinal wave?
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