December 5th 2017 archive

Wave Interference: Constructive and Destructive

Constructive Wave: When two crest (or troughs) meet and their energies combine to make displace the medium and make one large trough then they separate back out again

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Destructive Wave: When a crest and trough meet the energies “cancel out” and then continue out after they pass

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Standing Wave: Interfering waves that have the same amplitude and wavelength

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