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| The maximum displacement of the medium through which the wae travels from equilibrium? |
THE AMPLITUDE "A" OF A WAVE |
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| Motion within the wave is parallel to the direction of motion of the wave itself? |
LONGITUDINAL WAVE |
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| Motion within the wave is perpendicular to the direction of motion of the wave itself? |
TRANSVERSE WAVE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:35:33 GMT |
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Vibrations are the result of the elastic properties of substanes, which cause them to return to their original configurations when deformed? |
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| Motion that is repeated over and over again? |
PERIODIC MOTION |
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| The organized vibration of air molecules due to some source of vibration? |
SOUND WAVE |
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| Change in the observed frequency of a wave depending upon the relative motion of the source and observer? |
DOPPLER EFFECT |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:32:20 GMT |
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| The lowest frequency at which an object will vibrate? |
FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY |
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| The forced vibration of an object by a wave having the natural frequency of the object? |
RESONANCE |
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| What happens when two waves of nearly equal frequency are combined? |
A phenomenon called BEAT results. |
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| The process by which waves produce a smaller disturbance? |
DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE |
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| The process by which added waves produce a larger disturbance? |
CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE |
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| This is used to gauge the sound level relative to some standard, rather than in terms of power per unit area? |
THE DECIBEL SCALE |
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| The energy it carries per unit time per unit area? |
THE INTENSITY OF A WAVE |
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