Physics GCSE
medium required
What medium required means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of medium required
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Because it needs particles, sound cannot cross a vacuum, unlike light.
Topics that use medium required
- Transverse and longitudinal waves (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- amplitude
- compressions and rarefactions
- direction of energy transfer
- floating objects
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- longitudinal waves
- transverse wave
- transverse waves
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