Science 7H Flashcards
(120 cards)
Waves move what from one place to another?
Energy
Mechanical Waves need what to travel through?
A medium
What is the amplitude of a wave?
The height of a wave
Length between the resting point and crest of a wave
Tells the amount of energy in a wave
What is the wavelength of a wave?
The distance between two troughs or two crests
What is the crest/peak of a wave?
The highest point or top of a wave
What is the trough of a wave?
The bottom or lowest point of a wave
What is the frequency of the wave?
Tells how many waves pass through a point in a certain time.
What is it when waves interfere?
They combine with other waves.
Do light waves need a matter to travel through?
N0 :)
What is the only electromagnetic waves that humans can see?
Light waves
What waves don’t need a matter to travel through?
Electromagnetic waves
Electromagnetic spectrum contains what kind of waves?
Electromagnetic waves.
All electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of _____________
Light
What is the only part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see?
Visible light.
Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the LONGEST WAVELENGTH and LOWEST FREQUENCY
Radio Waves
As wavelength increases…
Frequency decreases
If temperature increases…
Waves move faster
In a longitudinal wave, the waves move forward and the particles of the slinky move ___________ to the waves motion.
Parallel
What waves are longitudinal and transverse
Water waves.
Number of waves that pass through a point per second
Frequency
Up and down waves
Transverse waves
Slinky waves
Longitudinal waves
What waves can travel through empty space and matter
Electromagnetic waves
Which state of matter will waves go through the FASTESTTT
Solid