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Formation of Standing Waves
A standing wave pattern is a vibrational pattern created within a medium when the vibrational frequency of…
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Standing Waves
Traveling Waves vs. Standing Waves A mechanical wave is a disturbance that is created by…
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The Doppler Effect
Suppose that there is a happy bug in the center of a circular water puddle. The bug…
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Interference of Waves
What happens when two waves meet while they travel through the same medium? What effect…
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Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction
Previously in Lesson 3, the behavior of waves traveling along a rope from a more dense medium to a…
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Behavior of Waves
Boundary Behavior As a wave travels through a medium, it will often reach the end of…
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As was discussed in Lesson 1, a wave is produced when a vibrating source periodically disturbs…
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The Speed of a Wave
A wave is a disturbance that moves along a medium from one end to the other. If…
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Energy Transport and the Amplitude of a Wave
As mentioned earlier, a wave is an energy transport phenomenon that transports energy along a medium without…
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Frequency and Period of a Wave
The nature of a wave was discussed in Lesson 1 of this unit. In that lesson, it…