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What is the abbreviation for surface waves?
sur-wave
The bouncing of a sound wave off a surface?
The bouncing of a sound wave off a surface may result in an echo being heard.
When incident angle is equal to critical angle then angle of refraction will be what?
When the angle of incidence equals the critical angle, there is no refraction wave as we usually understand it. The result is a surface wave. Let us suppose we are asking about light incident on a flat interface between to mediums which are transparent (nonabsorbing). The formula for the angle of refraction says the angle of refraction approaches 90 degrees, so the direction the wave would be traveling would be parallel to the interface. The same formulas in electromagnetic theory will also predict that the energy transmitted across the surface decreases to zero as the angle of incidence increases towards the critical angle. That is the equivalent to the more common statement that there is total internal refection. Advanced mathematical treatments of this topic show that the electromagnetic field does exist on the transmission side of the interface and that energy is flowing parallel to the interface in that region. That is the surface wave. The energy in the surface wave decays exponentially with distance from the interface into the transmission region.
Is it true that contructive interfecence occurs when amplitudes of two waves combine to produce a wave with a smaller amplitude?
Constructive interference occurs when amplitudes of two waves combine to produce a wave with a larger amplitude.If a wave with a smaller amplitude is produced, destructive interference has occurred.
Seismic wave that causes the ground to move in two directions?
secondary waves or otherwise known as s-waves
How would you describe a surface wave?
it occurs at the boundary of two different mediums, such as air and water.
Reflection occurs when a wave does what?
It occurs when a wave which is incident on a surface changes direction.
If the bending of a wave entering a new medium occurs because the two sides of the wave are traveling at different?
Because the mediums are Traveling at different speeds.
What is the sound wave mediums?
medium is a ssoouunnd wave
What are types of wave mediums?
Ocean waves are NOT mediums of any sort.
What is a wave that occurs at the boundary between two media when transverse and longitudinal waves combine?
megnetic wave and or a surface wave
What is a wave that occurs at or near the boundary of two different media?
Either Longitudinal, transverse, or a surface wave.
When do waves bend traveling through a medium?
The bending of a wave occurs when the wave hits a object?
What happens when refraction occurs?
Refraction occurs when a wave bends as it crosses the boundary between different mediums (eg. air to glass). The wave bends because waves travel at different speeds in different mediums. When a wave enters a more dense medium (eg. air to glass), the wave slows down, and bends towards the 'normal'. When a wave enters a less dense medium (eg. glass to air), the wave speeds up, and bends away from the 'normal'. * The normal is an imaginary line which is perpendicular to where the light is entering the new medium.
How does a wave surface form?
This occurs when transverse waves and longitudinal waves combine!
What Reflection occurs when a wave .?
bounces off a surface it cannot pass through
Which occurs when a wave is reflected?
It moves in a direction which is different from before it was reflected. Anything else depends on the wave and the reflecting surface.
