PHYSICS 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Wind Wave, Surface Tension, Electromagnetic Spectrum

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Physics
• Course: PHYSICS 1A03
• Professor: Christine Wilson

Document Summary

The propagation of a disturbance through a medium with a well de ned speed matter is not transferred, energy is transferred involves re ection, superposition [standing, constructive/destructive) Mechanical waves waves travel through a medium (can be solid, liquid, gas) Complex waves: surface water waves illustrate a combination of transverse and longitudinal waves. Electromagnetic waves these waves do not require a medium through which to travel they are disturbances of electric and magnetic elds which propagate each other. [quantum mechanics] - matter can be interpreted as a wave. [qm] - the amplitude of the wave relates to the probability that the matter can be found at position x in space. [general relativity] - the motion of objects through space actually stretches or compresses the fabric of space-time, causing waves of space to propagate. Longitudinal waves displacement of a particle, y, is parallel to the direction of propagation of the ave, x. Snapshot vs. history graph three variables (y, x and t)