Waves notes
Surf them or a get a suntan from them. Learn about waves and how they transfer energy from one place to another.

Types of waves

Ride on the crest of a transverse wave as you learn about waves
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Properties of waves

Lots of keywords to increase the amplitude of your knowledge
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Wave calculations

Increasing the frequency of your revision will improve your understanding of waves
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The ripple tank

Required practical
Unfortunately this is not about a chocolate ripple or even raspberry ripple ice cream
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Waves in a solid

Required practical
Yes you can get waves in a solid. This one for musicians
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Reflection

(physics only)
Be like Narcissus and reflect on your increasing knowledge of physics
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Reflection and refraction

Required practical (physics only)
Bending and bouncing all in one practical.
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Sound waves

(physics only)
Apparently, Beethoven was deaf. There were sound reasons for the diagnosis!
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Ultrasound

(physics only)
Na na na na na na na na Batman!
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Seismic waves

(physics only)
Unleash a seismic shift in your understanding of waves. Quake no more!
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The EM spectrum

The electromagnetic spectrum in all its wavy glory
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Waves and refraction

Refraction is the bending of light not to be confused with reflection
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The Leslie cube

Required practical
Roll up and be warmed by Dr Leslie and his amazing cube
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Properties of EM waves

Electrons bouncing around shells like pinballs
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Uses of EM waves

coming soon
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Convex lenses

(physics only)
Vexed by lenses? Focus your attention on these notes
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Magnifying glass

(physics only)
Magnifying your understanding of light and lenses
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Concave lenses

(physics only)
Unlike concave lenses this is real knowledge and not virtual knowledge!
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Visible light

(physics only)
Take your knowledge from opaque through translucent to totally transparent
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Black body radiation

(physics only)
perfect absorbers and perfect emitters
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