Individual Research Assignment: Wave Motion and Optics

AP Physics Individual Research Assignment: Wave Motion and Optics Using your textbook, power points from class wiki, and any other source, research the topics listed below. Be sure to identify in equations that could be used in mathematical calculations. I. A transverse wave in a rope or wire  Speed of the wave  How speed is influenced by mass, tension and length  How is the wave reflected when it encounters a boundary if the end of the rope is fixed or not (i.e. when a crest is incident is a crest reflected or is a trough reflected?) II. Wave Interference  Wave interference is “in phase”  Wave interference is “out of phase” III. Standing Waves  What is a standing wave?  Nodes and Antinodes  Fundamental Frequencies  Harmonics IV. Electromagnetic Waves  Arrangement from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength  Arrangement from lowest energy to highest energy  Similarities and Differences  Uses

AP Physics Individual Research Assignment: Wave Motion and Optics Using your textbook, power points from class wiki, and any other source, research the topics listed below. Be sure to identify in equations that could be used in mathematical calculations. V. A transverse wave in a rope or wire  Speed of the wave  How speed is influenced by mass, tension and length  How is the wave reflected when it encounters a boundary if the end of the rope is fixed or not (i.e. when a crest is incident is a crest reflected or is a trough reflected?) VI. Wave Interference  Wave interference is “in phase”  Wave interference is “out of phase” VII. Standing Waves  What is a standing wave?  Nodes and Antinodes  Fundamental Frequencies  Harmonics VIII. Electromagnetic Waves  Arrangement from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength  Arrangement from lowest energy to highest energy  Similarities and Differences  Uses