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Inverse square law If you double the distance, the effect diminishes by 4 (2 squared) If you triple the distance, the effect diminishes by 9 (3 squared) If you quadruple the distance, the effect diminishes by ____ (___ squared) If you quintuple the distance, the effect diminishes by ____ (___ squared) What types of physical phenomena can be described with the inverse square law? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conceptual Physics Reference Sheet: 5/9/14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3tT0L2gpc

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Page 1: Inverse square law If you double the distance, the effect diminishes by 4 (2 squared) If you triple the distance, the effect diminishes by 9 (3 squared)

Inverse square law

If you double the distance, the effect diminishes by 4 (2 squared)

If you triple the distance, the effect diminishes by 9 (3 squared)

If you quadruple the distance, the effect diminishes by ____ (___ squared)

If you quintuple the distance, the effect diminishes by ____ (___ squared)

What types of physical phenomena can be described with the inverse square law?_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Conceptual Physics Reference Sheet: 5/9/14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3tT0L2gpc

Page 2: Inverse square law If you double the distance, the effect diminishes by 4 (2 squared) If you triple the distance, the effect diminishes by 9 (3 squared)
Page 3: Inverse square law If you double the distance, the effect diminishes by 4 (2 squared) If you triple the distance, the effect diminishes by 9 (3 squared)
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Key characteristics of waves

Wavelength

Node

Amplitude

Antinode

Amplitude: The height of the wave from node to antinode (transverse waves), or the distance between compression and rarefaction in a in a compressive wave. Measured in units describing the wave

Antinode: The extreme point of the wave (max or min amplitude)

Wavelength: The distance traversed by a full cycle of the wave Node: The “zero point” of the wave

Frequency: The rate of occurrence of the wave (in Hertz or cycles / second)

Period: The time between successive waves

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Speed of Waves

where v is the speed, f is the frequency, and lambda is the wavelength.

Example of what happens when you change the speed!

v = f

The relationship between wave speed, wavelength, and frequency is simple

•For a given temperature, pressure, material, etc.

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Conceptual Physics Reference Sheet: 5/9/14

Doppler Effect: When the source of sound (or the hearer of the sound) is moving, the waves in front of the source “bunch up” and the waves behind the source spread out. The frequency goes up in front and gets lower behind the source as it goes by.

Fire Siren

Sonic Booms

Train Doppler

More train

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Conceptual Physics Reference Sheet: 2/29/12

Reflected wave

Incident wave

“Norm

al”

Reflection

Law of Reflection: The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection, as measured from the normal.

Incident ray Reflected ray

Normal

ri

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Conceptual Physics Reference Sheet

Refraction

FAST SLOW

“Normal”

What makes lenses work?

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n = index of refraction

ri

i

Refraction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfawFJCRDSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTx7UoPXvr4

Light slows down in here!