Sound and water waves are longitudinal waves, they require a medium to travel through and occilate particles 90 degrees to the wave motion
Light is a transverse wave. It doesnt require a medium to travel through.
All three reflect, refract and diffract
Light is difficult to think of because it acts in ways which waves cannot explain in some cirumstances. It acts like a particle (called photons) in some conditions, but acts like a normal sound or water wave does in others. Try not to get too caught up in light being a wave or a particle because even physists dont know how to explain it yet.
An instrument used to observe or imagine very small object using an optical mangifier
mirco cell.
Telescope is a magnifer of distance object
Amplitude is a measurement of the magnitude of displacement (or maximum disturbance) of a medium from its resting state, as diagramed in the peak deviation example below (it can also be a measurement of an electrical signal's increased or decreased strength above or below a nominal state).
Answer:
Stress = F / A force per unit area
A = 3.00 cm^2 = 3 E-4 m^2
F = 2.4E8 N/m^2 * 3E-4 m^2 = 7.2E4 N max force applied
F/3 = 2.4E4 N if force not to exceed limit (= f)
f = M a
a = 2.4 E4 N / 1.2 E3 kg = 20 m / s^2 about 2 g
