Air law
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Waves: Chapters 14 and 16
-Mechanical vs electromagnetic waves
mechanical waves= need air to hear needs a medium to travel
sounds, ocean waves, and springs
electromagnetic waves= they don’t need a medium to travel
radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, X-rays, gamma ray
mechanical | electromagnetic |
must travel through a medium | does not require medium |
cannot travel through a vacuum | can be transferred through waves |
-Transverse waves vs longitudinal waves
longitudinal waves - particles vibrate a long wave direction such as sound waves, springs, streams
transverse- particles that vibrate along the right angle of a wave direction. All electromagnetic waves and water
-Label a transverse wave and longitudinal waves
-The electromagnetic spectrum
electromagnetic
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