SPM Physics Chapter 6: Waves

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Course Content:

1. Understanding oscillations
   1. Displacement-Time graph
   2. Damping
   3. Force oscillation
   4. Resonance
2. Understanding waves
   1. What is wave?
   2. Phase and phase difference
   3. Wavefront
   4. Speed of wave
   5. Displacement-distance graph
3. Ripple tank
4. Phenomena of Waves 1 – Reflection
   1. Reflection of water wave
   2. Reflection of sound wave
   3. Reflection of light wave
5. Phenomena of Waves 2 – Refraction
   1. Refraction of water wave
   2. Refraction of sound wave
   3. Refraction of light wave
6. Phenomena of Waves 3 – Diffraction of Waves
   1. Characteristics of Diffracted Wave
   2. Factors Affecting the Magnitude of Diffraction
   3. Diffraction of Sound Wave
   4. Diffraction of Light Wave
      1. Pin Hole Experiment
      2. Single slit experiment
      3. Factors affecting the pattern of diffraction
7. Phenomena of Waves 4 – Interference of Waves
   1. Principle of Superposition
   2. Coherent Wave
   3. Interference
      1. Constructive Interference and Anti-node
      2. Destructive Interference and Node
   4. Nodal Line and Anti-nodal Line
   5. Formula for Interference
   6. Interference of Sound Wave
   7. Interference of Light Wave – Young’s Double Slits Experiment
8. Revision Exercises (Structured and Essay Questions)
9. Sound Wave
   1. Characteristic of Sound Wave
   2. Propagation of Sound Wave
   3. Type of Sound Wave
   4. Speed of Sound Wave
   5. Loudness and Pitch
   6. Applications of Sound Wave
10. Electromagnetic Waves
    1. Electromagnetic Waves Spectrum
       1. Radio Wave
       2. Microwave
       3. Infrared
       4. Visible Light
       5. Ultraviolet
       6. X-ray
       7. Gamma Ray
    2. Revision Exercise