What type of wave is a water wave?
Transverse
What type of wave is a soundwave?
Longitudinal
What type of wave is light?
Transverse
What type of wave is a Radio wave?
Transverse
What type of wave is ultrasound?
Longitudinal
What is the speed of light?
300,000,000 m/s 3x10^8 m/s
What is transferred by a wave?
Energy
What word describes back and forth movement about a point?
Oscillate or Vibrate
What property of a wave is labelled on this diagram?
Amplitude
What property of a wave is labelled on this diagram?
Wavelength
Define the frequency of a wave
The number of complete waves which pass a point every second.
What is the equation that links frequency with time period?
f = 1/T or T = 1/f
What word describes the movement of energy from one place to another.
Propagate
What is the angle between the particle oscillation and the energy propagation of a transverse wave?
90o or perpendicular
What is the angle between the particle oscillation and the energy propagation of a longitudinal wave?
0o or parallel
What is the equation used to calculate wave velocity?
Velocity = frequency x wavelength. Or speed = distance / time
