AP Physics B - Waves

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Mechanical waves are found throughout nature. All waves have a wavelength and freqenecy, and mechanical waves travel through a physical medium.

Waves Video Lessons

Wave Basics (Monterey)
Properties of Traveling Waves (Monterey)
Traveling Waves (MIT)
Wave Propagation (MIT)
Properties of Standing Waves (Monterey)
Standing Waves (MIT)
Sound Waves and Doppler Shift (Monterey)
Interference and Diffraction (Monterey)
Interference & Diffraction (MIT)
Waves (Mechanical Universe)
Resonance (Mechanical Universe)

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