Log 5 q4

 Log 5 q4 

Questions of the Week

1. What is a crest?

2. What is a trough?

3. What is a mechanical wave?

4. What is a transverse wave?` 

Scientist of the Week 

1. I was born on June 13, 1831.

2. I was a Scottish mathematician and scientist responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation. 

3. My equations for electromagnetism have been called the "second great unification in physics"[3] where the first one had been realized by Isaac Newton.

4. My publication of "A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field" in 1865, demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space as waves moving at the speed of light. 

Daily Questions

1. What do waves do to matter as they pass? 

2. What do waves do from their energy source? 

3. What happens to the position of a raft on a lake as a wave passes energy to it?

4. How do certain snakes sense their prey?