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Test: General Properties of Waves - Question 1

What types of electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum?

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Any type of electromagnetic wave can travel through the emptiness of a vacuum because it is a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields
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What is a longitudinal wave?

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As the wave passes, the particles of the medium are alternately compressed and uncompressed. These are referred to as compressions and rarefactions
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Test: General Properties of Waves - Question 3

How fast do electromagnetic waves travel in a vacuum?

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At GCSE, you can take the speed of light as being 300,000 km per second. Electromagnetic waves could therefore travel round the equator about 12 times in a single second
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What do waves transfer?
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Waves transfer energy from one point to another
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What type of waves are sound waves?
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Sound waves travel as longitudinal waves meaning they require particles to transfer the energy of the wave. This is why in a vacuum sound waves cannot travel
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What is a transverse wave?
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Transverse is a word that means across, perpendicular means 'at right angles to'
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The size of an electromagnetic wave's wavelength can vary between which range?
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The shortest wavelength waves are gamma, the longest are radio. These are also the highest and lowest frequency waves but they travel at the same speed
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What are the two forms that waves travel in?
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These descriptions refer to the way the wave is vibrating (oscillating)
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What type of waves are electromagnetic waves?
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The shortest wavelength (highest frequency) electromagnetic waves carry higher energies
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What type of waves can mechanical waves be?
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Good examples of this type of wave are earthquake waves
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