Physics Waves Topic Yr 10

Which one is a transverse wave?

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Which one is a longitudinal wave?

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what is the relationship between frequency and time period?

how does gamma ray affect the body in excessive quantities?

• skin burns

• damage to surface cells and blindness

• internal heating of body tissue

• cancer, mutation

how does infrared affect the human body during excessive exposure?

• internal heating of body tissue

• damage to surface cells and blindness

• skin burns

• cancer, mutations

what is the relationship between refractive index, angle of incidence and angle of refraction? 

gamma rays are used for?

• sterilising food and medical equipment

• communications

• heaters

• cooking

what type of wave is a light wave?

• transverse

• longitudinal

• hydro

how fast do radio waves travel compared to light? (in a vacuum)

• slower

• faster

• the same

• not at all😢

whats higher on the wave length?

• UV

• infrared