PHY 300 Glossary_C1.L1

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"the maximum distance that particles vibrate from equilibrium"

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Compression

• Wavenumber

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"a scalar measure of the angle per unit time of a sinusoidal waveform"

• Angular speed

• Angular wavenumber

• Phase velocity

• Phase

• Phase difference

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"the number of radians per unit distance"

• Angular speed

• Angular wavenumber

• Wavenumber

• Wavelength

• Phase

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"a geometric plot of complex numbers as points z = x + iy using the x-axis as the real axis and the y-axis as the imaginary axis"

• Argand diagram

• Angular speed

• Angular wavenumber

• Polar complex plane

• Complex conjugate

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"a complex number is the number with an equal real part and an imaginary part equal in magnitude but opposite in sign"

• Complex number

• Complex conjugate

• Polar complex plane

• Argand diagram

• Wavenumber

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"an element of a number system that extends the real numbers with a imaginary unit 𝑖, satisfying the equation 𝑖²=−1"

• Complex number

• Complex conjugate

• Polar complex plane

• Argand diagram

• Wavenumber

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"a point on the medium that has the maximum density"

• Compression

• Rarefaction

• Crest

• Trough

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"the point with the maximum upward displacement within a cycle of a wave"

• Compression

• Rarefaction

• Crest

• Trough

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"the number of full waves per second"

• Frequency

• Period

• Wavenumber

• Angular wavenumber

Choose the correct word or phrase that matchs with the followling definition:

"a wave where particles of a medium moves in a direction parallel to the direction that wave moves"

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Mechanical wave

• Electromagnetic wave