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Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Energy in Waves: Intensity
y the end of this section, you will be able to calculate the intensity and the power of rays of sunlight and waves.
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Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Waves
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe various characteristics associated with a wave and differentiate between transverse and longitudinal waves.
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Texas Gateway: Energy and the Simple Harmonic Oscillator
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the changes in energy that occur while a system undergoes simple harmonic motion.
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Texas Gateway: Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe a simple harmonic oscillator and relate physical characteristics of a vibrating system to aspects of simple harmonic motion and any resulting waves.
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Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Damped Harmonic Motion
By the end of this section, you will be able to compare and discuss underdamped and overdamped oscillating systems and explain critically damped systems.
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Texas Gateway: The Simple Pendulum
By the end of this section, you will be able determine the period of oscillation of a hanging pendulum.