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3 Waves
3.1 General properties of waves
1 Know that waves transfer energy without transferring matter
2 Describe what is meant by wave motion as illustrated by vibrations in ropes and springs and by experiments
using water waves
3 Describe the features of a wave in terms of wavefront, wavelength, frequency, crest (peak), trough,
amplitude and wave speed
4 Define the terms:
(a) frequency as the number of wavelengths that pass a point per unit time
(b) wavelength as the distance between two consecutive, identical points such as two consecutive crests
(c) amplitude as the maximum distance from the mean position
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3.1 General properties of waves continued
5 Recall and use the equation
wave speed = frequency × wavelength
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