Unit Two: Waves


“All science is either physics or stamp collecting.”

Ernest Rutherford Father of nuclear physics

Topics

Waves

ves have causes and effects What is the cause of a stadium wave, and what is its effect? Describe the cause in words, and sketch a simple diagram to show the effect

Vocabulary

require a medium, or material(i.e. gas, liquid, solid), for transmission

energy comes from a vibrating source

the wave passes through a medium, but the medium itself does not travel along with the wave as energy is transmitted.

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