By the end of these unit you should know the definition and menaing of the following terms; (copy into your notes and begin to add definitions)
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Term |
Lesson |
Text Page Reference |
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1 |
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Absorption |
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2 |
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Amplitude |
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3 |
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Amplitude (peak-default, peak to peak,rms - awareness
only) |
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4 |
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Angle of Incidence (sketch) |
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5 |
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Angle of Reflection (sketch) |
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6 |
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Angle of Refraction (sketch) |
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7 |
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Antinode |
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8 |
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Aperture |
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9 |
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Brewsters Law |
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10 |
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Coherent Waves |
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11 |
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Compression |
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12 |
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Constructive Interference |
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13 |
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Crest |
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14 |
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critical damping |
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15 |
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Cycle |
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16 |
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Damped Oscillations (describe examples) |
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17 |
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Damping |
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18 |
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Degree of Damping |
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19 |
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Destructive Interference |
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20 |
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Diffraction |
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21 |
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Doppler Effect |
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22 |
. |
Focal Length |
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23 |
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Focal Point |
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24 |
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Forced Oscillations |
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25 |
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Frequency |
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26 |
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Frequency Response Curve |
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27 |
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Hertz |
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28 |
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In Phase |
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29 |
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Intensity |
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30 |
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Linear Magnification |
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31 |
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Longitudinal Wave (and examples) |
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32 |
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Malus' Law |
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33 |
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Mode of Vibration (string) |
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34 |
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Monochromatic |
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35 |
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Natural Frequency of Vibration |
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36 |
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Node |
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37 |
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Normal |
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38 |
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Optically Active Substance |
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39 |
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Oscillating or Reciprocating Vibration
(describe examples) |
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40 |
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Out of Phase |
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41 |
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Partial Reflection |
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42 |
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Period |
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43 |
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Periodic (Wave) |
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44 |
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Phase Difference |
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45 |
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Polarization |
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46 |
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Principal Axis |
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47 |
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Pulse (positive and negative) |
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48 |
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Rarefaction |
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49 |
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Rayleigh Criterion |
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50 |
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Reflection |
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51 |
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Refraction |
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52 |
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Resolution |
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53 |
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Resonance |
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54 |
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Rest Position, Neutral or Equilibrium |
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55 |
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Scattering |
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56 |
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Simple Harmonic Motion |
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57 |
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Snells Law |
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58 |
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Standing Wave |
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59 |
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Superposition |
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60 |
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Sympathetic Vibration |
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61 |
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Transmission |
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62 |
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Transverse Wave (and examples) |
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63 |
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Trough |
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64 |
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Wave |
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65 |
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Wave Front |
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66 |
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Wave Ray |
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67 |
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Wavelength |