Simple harmonic motion and waves (SL)

Describe examples of oscillations

Define: Displacement

Define: Amplitude

Define: Frequency

Define: Period

Define: Phase difference

Define: Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)

Describe the interchange between kinetic energy and potential energy during SHM

State what is meant by damping

Describe examples of damped oscillations

Define: Light damping, heavier damping, critical damping

State what is meant by natural frequency of vibration and forced oscillations

Define: Resonance

Describe examples of resonance where the effect is useful and where it should be avoided

Describe a wave pulse and a continuous progressive (travelling) wave

Does a travelling wave transfer energy?

Describe and give examples of transverse and of longitudal waves

Describe waves in two dimensions, including the concepts of wavefronts and of rays

Describe: Crest

Describe:Trough

Describe:Compression

Describe: Rarefaction

Define: Wave speed

Define: intensity

Electromagnetic spectrum (EMS)

Describe the reflection and transmission of waves at a boundary between two media (this includes sketching of incident, reflected and transmitted waves)

State Snell's law

Define: Diffraction

Describe examples of diffraction

The principle of superposition

What is meant by constructive and destructive interference?