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Waves flashcards
84 cards drawn from the 11 lessons of waves: 28 definitions, 40 recall prompts, 5 off-sheet equations and 11 spot-the-error cards. Grade yourself and the deck reschedules each card at staged intervals, from the next day out to three weeks.
Year 12 · Waves lessons · all 851 cards
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- AmplitudeDefine
- WavelengthDefine
- FrequencyDefine
- State the unit of frequencyRecall
- Phase differenceDefine
- Period of a waveDefine
- State what a progressive wave transfersRecall
- State what the time-base of an oscilloscope setsRecall
- State what the y-gain of an oscilloscope setsRecall
- State the quantity read from the repeat of a displacement-distance graphRecall
- State the quantity read from the repeat of a displacement-time graphRecall
- Phase difference from path difference dEquation
- Progressive wavesSpot the error
- Transverse waveDefine
- Longitudinal waveDefine
- State where a compression lies on a displacement-distance graph of a longitudinal waveRecall
- Longitudinal and transverse wavesSpot the error
- Polarised waveDefine
- State the evidence that light is a transverse waveRecall
- State the speed of electromagnetic waves in a vacuumRecall
- State the wavelength range of visible lightRecall
- State the best orientation of a receiving aerialRecall
- Polarisation and electromagnetic wavesSpot the error
- NodeDefine
- AntinodeDefine
- Stationary waveDefine
- State what happens to energy in a stationary waveRecall
- State the distance between adjacent nodesRecall
- State the phase of points between one pair of adjacent nodesRecall
- State the phase difference across a nodeRecall
- State what μ means in the first-harmonic equationRecall
- State the speed of a transverse wave on a stretched stringRecall
- Harmonic wavelengths on a string of length LEquation
- Stationary waves on stringsSpot the error
- State what a closed end and an open end of a pipe must beRecall
- State the first-harmonic wavelength of a tube closed at one endRecall
- State which harmonics a tube closed at one end can soundRecall
- State how the wavelength is found in the resonance-tube experimentRecall
- Stationary waves in air columnsSpot the error
- Refractive indexDefine
- State the quantity unchanged when light enters a new mediumRecall
- State how the refractive index of a solid is measured from a graphRecall
- Refraction and Snell's lawSpot the error
- Critical angleDefine
- State the condition for total internal reflectionRecall
- Step-index optical fibreDefine
- State the equation for the critical angleRecall
- Modal dispersionDefine
- Material dispersionDefine
- Total internal reflection and optical fibresSpot the error
- DiffractionDefine
- State the condition for greatest diffractionRecall
- State the width of the central maximum in the single-slit patternRecall
- State the effect of narrowing the slit on the single-slit patternRecall
- State the colour order in the white-light single-slit side fringesRecall
- Huygens' constructionDefine
- Explain diffraction at a slit using Huygens' constructionRecall
- Diffraction and the single slitSpot the error
- Coherent sourcesDefine
- Path differenceDefine
- SuperpositionDefine
- State the appearance of double-slit fringes with monochromatic lightRecall
- State the colour of the central fringe of the white-light double-slit patternRecall
- State the safe practice for using a classroom laserRecall
- Constructive interference conditionEquation
- Destructive interference conditionEquation
- Interference and Young's double slitSpot the error
- Diffraction gratingDefine
- The order n of a grating maximumDefine
- State the highest order a grating can produceRecall
- State the main use of a diffraction gratingRecall
- Grating spacing from N lines per metreEquation
- Diffraction gratingsSpot the error
- Principal focusDefine
- Power of a lensDefine
- State the sign convention for lens powerRecall
- State how the powers of thin lenses in contact combineRecall
- Real imageDefine
- Virtual imageDefine
- Focal length of a lensDefine
- State the unit of magnificationRecall
- State the sign convention for image distanceRecall
- State what happens to a ray through the centre of a thin lensRecall
- Lenses and imagesSpot the error
The lessons these cards come from
- Progressive waves
- Longitudinal and transverse waves
- Polarisation and electromagnetic waves
- Stationary waves on strings
- Stationary waves in air columns
- Refraction and Snell's law
- Total internal reflection and optical fibres
- Diffraction and the single slit
- Interference and Young's double slit
- Diffraction gratings
- Lenses and images
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