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What are the two main types of waves discussed in class?
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The two main types are transverse and compressional.
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What type of waves are light waves and what medium do they travel fastest through?
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Tranverse waves; and space.
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What type of wave is a sound wave and what type of medium does it travel fastest through?
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Compressional wave; solid then liquid then gas.
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Explain what happens to the wavelength when you increase the frequency of a tranverse wave.
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The wavelength decreases, as the frequency increases, because the more waves that pass through a fixed point, the less distance between the waves.
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Explain what happens to the speed of a wave when you increase its frequency.
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When you increase the frequency of a wave, the speed goes up, because the the wavelength of the wave decreases.
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