Vocab

Question 1

Wave

Answer 1

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another with out requiring matter to move the entire distance

Question 2

Medium

Answer 2

A substance through witch a wave moves

Question 3

Mechanical wave

Answer 3

A wave such as a sound or seismic wave that transferred kinetic energy through matter

Question 4

Transverse wave

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A wave in witch the disturbance moves at right angles to the direction of the wave

Question 5

Longitudinal wave

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A type of wave in witch the disturbance moves in the same direction that the wave travels

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

The highest point or peak of a wave

Question 7

Trough

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The lowest point that or valley of a wave

Question 8

Amplitude

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The maximum distance that a disturbance causes a medium to move from its rest position

Question 9

Wave length

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The distance from one crest to the next wave crest

Question 10

Frequency

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The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given period of time

Question 11

Reflection

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The bouncing back of a wave after it hits a barrier

Question 12

Refraction

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The bending of light as it crosses a boundary between two mediums at an angle other than 90 degrees

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Diffraction

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The spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around the edges of an obstacle

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Interference

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The meeting and combining of waves : the adding or subtracting of wave amplitude that occurs as waves overlap

Question 15

Electromagnetic spectrum

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The range of all electromagnetic frequencies

Question 16

Radio waves

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The part of the spectrum that consists of waves of the lowest frequency

Question 17

Microwaves

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Part of a electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with a higher frequencies than radio waves but lower frequencies than inferred waves

Question 18

Infrared light

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Parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of wave with a frequencies between those of microwaves and visible light

Question 19

Ultraviolet light

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The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of wave of frequencies higher than those of visible light and lower than X-rays

Question 20

X-rays

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The parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with high frequencies and high energy; electromagnetic waves with frequencies ranging from 10 to the 16th power to 10 to the 21 power hertz

Question 21

Gamma rays

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Part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with the highest frequency

Question 22

Transmission

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The passage of waves through a medium

Question 23

Absorption

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The disappearance of the wave into a medium. The energy transferred by a wave in consists into another form of energy

Question 24

Scattering

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The spreading out the light waves in all directions as particles reflect and absorbing the light

Question 25

Polarize

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A way of filtering light so that all of the waves vibrate in the same direction

Question 26

Prism

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An optical tool that uses refraction of light to spectate the different wavelengths that make up white lights.

Question 27

Primary colors

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Three colors of light ( red,blue,and yellow ) that could be mixed with products all possible colors

Question 28

Primary pigment

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Three colors of substance ( cyan, yellow, and magnetic)that might be mixed with any possible colors

Question 29

Radiation

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Energy that travels across distance in the form of electromagnetic waves

Question 30

Radiation

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Energy that travels across distance in the form of electromagnetic waves

Question 31

Radiation

Answer 31

Energy that travels across distance in the form of electromagnetic waves