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What happen to the displacement when the two waves meet in phase crest on crest?
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The crest is the sum of the two.
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What happen to the displacement when the two waves meet out of phase crest on trough?
The displacement is reduced to the difference.
What is it called when the crest of two waves overlap and result in an increased wave amplitude?
Superimposing of waves is when two or more waves travel through the same medium and intersect. The net displacement is the addition of the waves amplitude. If they are in phase they increase amplitude; out of phase, the amplitude decreases.
Air pressure and displacement in standing waves?
they are in phase
When two waves interfere the displacement where two troughs meet is positive negative zero or a crest?
Negative
What is crest in waves?
The crest in waves are the broken peices of the waves in the ocean
What happen to the displacement when the two waves meet out of phase crest on trough?
The displacement is reduced to the difference.
What is it called when the crest of two waves overlap and result in an increased wave amplitude?
Superimposing of waves is when two or more waves travel through the same medium and intersect. The net displacement is the addition of the waves amplitude. If they are in phase they increase amplitude; out of phase, the amplitude decreases.
Air pressure and displacement in standing waves?
they are in phase
When two waves interfere the displacement where two troughs meet is positive negative zero or a crest?
Negative
What are the properties of surface waves?
The basic properties of transverse waves are: Amplitude Time Period Frequency Phase Wavelength Crest Trough
What is crest in waves?
The crest in waves are the broken peices of the waves in the ocean
Is water the medium for earthquake waves?
No. Seismic waves travel through rock and sediment.Sea waves (tsunamis) are not generated by earthquake vibrations, but by the displacement of ocean water, which leads to the formation of waves when the crest reaches shallower water.
Where two waves interfere the displacment where two troughs meet is?
When two waves interfere, the displacement where two troughs meet is negative.
What does it mean for light to be coherent?
It means that all the parts of light are in phase - the crest of the waves for one photon coincide with the crests of the waves for another one.
Can waves with different wavelength be coherent?
No. In order to be coherent, the light waves have to be in phase and stay in phase, and the only way for that to happen is for them to have the same wavelength and frequency.
How can you determine a waves wavelength?
by measuring the distance from crest to crest
What happens when a crest falls on the crest during superposition of waves?
we get a bigger crest
