Required Practical: Measuring Wave Properties (AQA GCSE Physics): Flashcards

Max displacement from undisturbed position

Distance from point on wave to same point on next wave

From one compression to next compression

Number of waves passing a point each second

$T = \frac{1}{f}$

Foods with water molecules

Metals

Black surfaces

Shiny, metallic surfaces

Electron to higher level, returns, emits EM wave

Nucleus of radioactive atoms

Skin cancer risk, premature ageing

Ionising radiation