Physics Vocab and Concepts

What state of the art physics experiment was attempted at the end of the 17th century?

Attempt to measure the speed of sound

Describe how Isaac Newton attempted to measure the speed of sound?

He measured a corridor and wanted to see who long it would take for the sound with a pendulum

wave

a disturbance that propagates through a space or a medium

sine curve

a pictorial representation of a wave

are all waves transverse

no

can vibrations exist in one instant?

no

a wave extends from...

one place to another

what swings back and forth

pendulums

what affects the speed of a deep water ocean wave

the acceleration of gravity

what determines the pitch of a sound

the frequency

hertz

units of frequency

waves can be

vertical or horizontal

how does an ocean wave's speed change as it approaches the shore

waves travel together, speed decreases

write down wave equation

write it

When was the first hydrogen bomb tested?

1952

transverse wave

a wave in which all of the particles in a medium are displaced perpendicular to the direction of energy transport

longitudinal wave

a wave in which the particles of the medium are displaced in a direction parallel to the direction of energy transport

What is the term for the size of a wave disturbance

amplitude

crests

high points on a wave

name two things that are forms of energy

light and sound