Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• List examples of transverse and longitudinal waves
• Explain the production of sound waves from different substances
• Summarize the reflection of a plane wave by a plane surface
• Discuss the factors that affect the focal length of a lens
• Distinguish between virtual and real images
• Discuss the formation of rainbows and the cause of dispersion
• List some of the fundamental forces in physics
• Solve for the binding energy per nucleon
• Explain the wavelength of de Broglie waves