waves that require a medium through which to travel EX sound/water waves
Back
Source of a wave
Front
vibration
Back
Speed of sound
Front
340 m/s
Back
Standing waves
Front
Waves w/ nodes and antinodes
Back
Hypothesis
Front
An educated guess
Back
frequencey
Front
Number of waves that pass per second (measured in Hz)
Back
Transparent
Front
Light can pass through (window)
Back
Section 2
(30 cards)
Linear motion
Front
Motion is relative
Back
slope upward
Front
speed decreases
Back
Angle of incidence vs angle of reflection
Front
Must be equal
Back
converging lens
Front
Thicker at center/thinner at edges, converges light
*incoming parallel rays are bent through the far focal point
*Rays passing through the center of the lens are not bent at all
(Virtual images @ Dotted lines)
Back
focal length
Front
the distance from the center of a lens to the focal point
Back
Velocity
Front
Description of both the speed of the object and the direction of travel
Back
Perfecntly straight
Front
Constant speed
Back
instantaneous speed
Front
the speed of an object at one instant of time/at any time
Back
Speed of light in different mediums
Front
Slower in glass than air
Back
pincipal axis
Front
The line joining the centers of the two lens surfaces
Back
Lenses
Front
Convex=converging
Concave=diverging
Back
Displacement
Front
Change in position relative to an original positive (includes direction, indicated by negative or positive) MEASURED BY METERS
Back
Speed
Front
The distance covered per amount of travel time DISTANCE/TIME
Back
Accelerating formula
Front
Change in velocity/time interval
Back
Real images
Front
An image formed by converging light rays
*can be projected
Back
Principal axis
Front
Line that goes through center
Back
Representing speed
Front
"V"
V=d/t
Back
Representing time
Front
"T"
T=D/V
Back
Focal point
Front
The point at which all the light rays come together or converge
Back
Average speed
Front
total distance divided by total time
Back
Virtual images
Front
An image formed without converging light rays *can't be projected
Back
Representing distance
Front
"D"
D=VT
Back
Diverging lens
Front
Thicker at center/thinner at edges, diverges light
*Parallel rays are bent so they appear to be coming from the focal point in front of the lens
*rays that pass through the center of the lens pass straight through the lens
(Virtual, smaller, upright)
Back
Vector quantity
Front
a quantity that has both magnitude and direction
Back
Virtual image
Front
Same size as object in front of the mirror
And is far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it
Back
Acceleration
Front
The rate at which velocity changes
Back
Change formula
Front
Final-initial
A=Vf-Vi/t
Back
Distance
Front
A measurement from one position to another... always positive