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CSET Science: Optics And Waves I
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1. Interference in time
Beats
Fluid media
Antinode
Free - end boundary condition
2. The nerve that relays information from the eye to the brain.
Progressive Wave
The Principle of Superposition (waves)
Optic Nerve
Free - end boundary condition
3. The separation of white light into component colors - as happens when white light passes through a prism.
Progressive Wave
Relationship between wave speed - frequency and wavelength
20 Hz to 20000 Hz
Dispersion
4. The relationship between sound speed and medium density
High density = slow speed
Pupil
Fluid media
Elastic
5. The energy in a wave is proportional to the square of the amplitude
Dispersion
Relationship between the amplitude and energy in a wave
Retina
Boundary Condition
6. Capable of resuming its former volume or shape after being deformed
Specular Reflection
Elastic
Fluid media
Free - end boundary condition
7. A wave in which the motion of particles in the medium is at right angles to the motion of the wave itself.
Transverse Wave
Elastic
Free - end boundary condition
400 nm to 760 nm
8. Media of Pure Transverse Waves
Solid media
Relationship between wave speed - frequency and wavelength
Normal
Node
9. A wave that moves along the medium.
Medium
Progressive Wave
Compression Waves
The Law of Reflection
10. Speed of sound in air
Pupil
340 m/s
High density = slow speed
Electromagnetic Waves
11. Another word for an S wave; transverse seismic wave.
The Law of Reflection
Shear Waves
High density = slow speed
Specular Reflection
12. The point of maximum amplitude on a standing wave
Antinode
Transverse Wave
Compression Waves
Relationship between wave speed - frequency and wavelength
13. A wave that propagates through a medium as a result of some disturbance.
Fluid media
Antinode
Mechanical wave
Progressive Wave
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15. Arriving or incoming. An incident ray of light may give rise to a reflected ray and a refracted ray.
Incident Light
Constructive Interference
Free - end boundary condition
The Law of Reflection
16. Media for a mixture of transverse and longitudinal waves
Fluid media
Progressive Wave
Compression Waves
Solid media
17. Speed = wavelength x frequency
Beats
Electromagnetic Waves
Destructive Interference
Relationship between wave speed - frequency and wavelength
18. Reflection of light in many directions by a rough surface. Also called scattering.
340 m/s
Relationship between the amplitude and energy in a wave
Diffuse Reflection
High temperature = fast speed
19. The reflection of light primarily in one direction - as from a mirror.
340 m/s
Shear Waves
Reflection
Specular Reflection
20. The smooth curved surface at the back of the eye - where the lens of the eye projects an image. It then converts the light to electrical impulses
Snell's law
Reflection
Constructive Interference
Retina
21. Line perpendicular to a surface or boundary.
Progressive Wave
Shear Waves
Normal
Snell's law
22. The peak or top of a transverse wave or water wave
Wave Crest
Fixed - end boundary condition
340 m/s
Diffuse Reflection
23. The relationship between sound speed and medium temperature
Progressive Wave
Compression Waves
Transverse Wave
High temperature = fast speed
24. The bottom or pit of a transverse wave or water wave.
Free - end boundary condition
Wave Trough
Transverse Wave
Fluid media
25. A substance that is the means of transmission of a wave.
Destructive Interference
Compression Waves
Refraction
Medium
26. The displacement of the medium at any given point is the sum of the displacements of each wave.
Snell's law
Progressive Wave
Free - end boundary condition
The Principle of Superposition (waves)
27. The conditions existing at a boundary - such as the boundary between two media.
Boundary Condition
340 m/s
Mechanical wave
Snell's law
28. An oscillation of electric and magnetic fields that may propagate through a vacuum or through a medium
Medium
Rarefaction
340 m/s
Electromagnetic Waves
29. The interaction of two or more waves that displace the medium in the opposite way. The overlap of a positive displacement in one wave and a negative displacement in another may temporarily result in no displacement at all.
Destructive Interference
Snell's law
Free - end boundary condition
Cornea
30. Another word for P wave: longitudinal seismic wave
Compression Waves
Longitudinal Wave
Boundary Condition
Fluid media
31. The interaction of two or more waves that displace the medium in the same way. The overlap of the maximum displacement points in each wave creates a maximum total displacement.
Progressive Wave
Constructive Interference
Beats
Pupil
32. The change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
Refraction
Antinode
Fluid media
Electromagnetic Waves
33. The return of a wave from a surface.
Solid media
Elastic
Beats
Reflection
34. Boundary in which the end of the wave medium is fixed: not free to move.
Solid media
Fixed - end boundary condition
Optic Nerve
Constructive Interference
35. Boundary in which the end of the wave medium is free to move in the transverse direction.
Fixed - end boundary condition
340 m/s
Free - end boundary condition
Fluid media
36. A wave in which the motion of particles in the medium is in the same direction as the motion of the wave.
Rarefaction
Longitudinal Wave
Cornea
Retina
37. The opposite of compression; the spreading out of particles in the medium of a longitudinal wave.
Antinode
High density = slow speed
20 Hz to 20000 Hz
Rarefaction
38. A transparent outer layer of the eye that covers the iris and pupil. The cornea acts like a lens.
Cornea
Diffuse Reflection
Boundary Condition
Medium
39. The fixed points on a standing wave
Node
Wave Crest
Relationship between the amplitude and energy in a wave
Medium
40. Range of frequencies Humans can hear
Normal
Antinode
20 Hz to 20000 Hz
Standing Wave
41. A wave that does not travel; the superposition of two waves traveling in opposite directions
Standing Wave
Relationship between wave speed - frequency and wavelength
Fixed - end boundary condition
Progressive Wave
42. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
Compression Waves
The Law of Reflection
High elasticity = fast speed
Diffuse Reflection
43. The dark circular spot in the middle of the iris of the eye. The pupil admits light into the eye.
Cornea
Pupil
Incident Light
Boundary Condition
44. Range of wavelengths humans can see
Reflection
Dispersion
400 nm to 760 nm
Electromagnetic Waves
45. The relationship between sound speed and medium elasticity
Wave Crest
High elasticity = fast speed
Optic Nerve
Relationship between the amplitude and energy in a wave