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- 5. An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure.
- 6. The angle of incidence that produces an angle of refraction of 90 degrees is called the ______ angle.
- 7. Type of mathematics developed by Newton and others.
- 8. Slower media have ____ indices of refraction.
- 12. The filtering of light due to its orientation.
- 13. A wave with a frequency of 1 x 10^8 Hz.
- 17. A portion of a ferromagnetic material where the magnetic moments are aligned with one another because of interactions between molecules or atoms.
- 20. Particles of a medium vibrate perpendicularly to the direction of the motion of the wave.
- 21. A common measure of sound intensity.
- 22. How high or how low a sound is.
- 25. Nearest galaxy to earth.
- 26. A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity.
- 31. Moving or tending to move away from a centre.
- 32. Phenomenon that occurs when a vibrating system or external force drives another system to oscillate with greater amplitude at a specific preferential frequency.
- 34. Work done by a force of one newton when its point of application moves one metre in the direction of action of the force.
- 35. All substances have absolute indices of refraction greater than or equal to _____.
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- 1. A unit of force in the CGS system that is equal to the force which generates a velocity of one centimeter per second acting on one gram for one second.
- 2. An instrument used to measure the expansion of solids and liquids when heated.
- 3. A ray that passes through the axis of an optical fiber.
- 4. The tendency of a liquid in a capillary tube or absorbent material to rise or fall as a result of surface tension.
- 9. The ability for an object to resist changes to it’s state of motion.
- 10. In this type of wave, the vibration is parallel to the direction the wave travels.
- 11. The number of crest or troughs of a wave that pass by over a certain amount of time.
- 14. Capable of having its shape changed permanently by means of applied mechanical force.
- 15. The distance from one crest to the other crest.
- 16. The change in the observed frequency of a wave when there is relative motion between the source and receiver of a wave.
- 18. Point on a standing wave where the energy is smallest.
- 19. This kind of interference occurs when a trough meets a trough.
- 23. A device used to measure a dose of ionising radiation.
- 24. The perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation to the point where the force is exerted.
- 27. Combination of transverse and longitudinal water waves.
- 28. A thermometer used at very low temperatures.
- 29. MECHANICS Theory Of interaction between light and matter.
- 30. Prefix denoted by 10^-24.
- 33. Either of two units of heat energy.
