Modern Communication and Measurement Technologies Quiz

Modern communications involve technology such as phone, email, radio, TV, social media, spectroscopy, endoscopy, data-logging, and satellite imaging.

An oscillation is a regular repeating motion, backwards and forwards or up and down. Examples of oscillations mentioned in the text are the pendulum of a clock, a child on a swing, and a weight bouncing on a spring.

Waves generally start with a disturbance, such as wind blowing across the surface of the sea or a stone being thrown into a pond. The energy imparted by that disturbance causes the oscillations.

<p>The aim when dealing with oscillations, as mentioned in the text, is often to try to damp down the oscillations as soon as possible. An example provided is the suspension of a car.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Understanding waves is important for making and recording observations, analyzing and sharing them in scientific work, and for the functioning of communication and measurement technologies like spectroscopy, endoscopy, data-logging, and satellite imaging.</p> Signup and view all the answers