Vocab

Question 1

Waves

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A disturbance that carries energy from one place to the other

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Medium

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A substance through whitch a wave will moves

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Mechanical wave

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

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Transverse wave

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

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Crest

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The highest poin in the wave

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Trough

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The lowest point in the wave

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Amplitude

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

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Wavelength

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The distance between crests

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Frequency

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

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Refraction

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The bending of light as it crosses a boundary between two mediums at a 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 obsicles

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Interference

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The meeting and combining of the waves the adding or sub rating of a wave amplitude that occur as waves overlap

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Electromagnetic wave

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A type of wave such as a light waves or radio waves that does not require a medium to travel through a disturbance that tranfers energy

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Radiation

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Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves

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Longitudinal wave

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A type of wave in whitch the disturbance move in the same direction in the wave travels

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Electromagnetic spectrum

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The range of all electromagnetic frequencies

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Radio waves

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The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consist of waves of the lowest frequencies

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Microwave

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Part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with a higher frequencies than a radio wave

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Infrared light

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Part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with a frequencies between those of microwaves and visible light

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Ultraviolet light

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The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves

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X-rays

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The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with high frequencies and high energies electromagnetic wave ranging from ????????????????

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Gamma rays

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Par of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with the highest frequencies

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Transmission

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The passage of waves through a medium

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Absorption

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The disappearance of a wave into a medium the energy transferred by a wave is converting into another of energy

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Scattering

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The spreading out of light waves in all directions as particles

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Polarization

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

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Prism

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An optical tool that uses refraction to make light

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Primary colors

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Three colors of light red green and blue that can mixed

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Primary pigments

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Three colors of subsences (yellow and margine)