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C2 plan: Wave model

Big picture Guiding questions There are many ways of categorising waves. The big example is whether a wave is transverse or longitudinal. But what makes a wave mechanical? How do we distinguish between the regions of the electromagnetic spectrum? What is a travelling wave, and what is a standing wave? As we know from oscillations, particles in a medium can be disturbed repeatedly. A wave is the transmission of energy...

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