Waves

Question 1

Medium

Answer 1

Any substance that a wave moves through

Question 2

Mechanical Waves

Answer 2

A wave that transfers energy through matter

Question 3

Transverse Wave

Answer 3

The direction in which the wave travels is perpendicular,or at right angles,to the direction of the disturbance

Question 4

Longitudinal Wave

Answer 4

The wave that travels in the same direction as the disturbance

Question 5

Crest

Answer 5

The highest point,or peak,of a wave

Question 6

Trough

Answer 6

The lowest point,or valley,of a wave

Question 7

Amplitude

Answer 7

The distance between a line through the middle of a wave and crest or trough

Question 8

Wavelength

Answer 8

The distance from one wave crest to the very next crest

Question 9

Frequency

Answer 9

The number of waves passing a fixed point in a certain amount of time

Question 10

Reflection

Answer 10

The bouncing back of a wave after it strikes a barrier

Question 11

Refraction

Answer 11

The bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at an angle,it bends,or refracts

Question 12

Electromagnetic Wave

Answer 12

A disturbance that transfers energy through a field

Question 13

Radiation

Answer 13

Energy that moves in the form of EM

Question 14

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Answer 14

The range of all EM frequencies

Question 15

Radio Waves

Answer 15

EM waves that have the longest wavelengths, the lowest frequencies, and the lowest energies

Question 16

Microwaves

Answer 16

EM waves with shorter wavelengths,higher frequencies,and higher energy than other radio waves

Question 17

Visible Light

Answer 17

The part of the EM spectrum that human eyes can see

Question 18

Infrared Light

Answer 18

The part of the spectrum consists of EM frequencies between microwaves and visible light

Question 19

Ultraviolet Light

Answer 19

The part of the EM spectrum consists of frequencies above those of visible light and partially below those x-rays

Question 20

X-rays

Answer 20

Have frequencies from about 10/16 Hz to 10/21 Hz

Question 21

Gamma Rays

Answer 21

Have frequencies from about 10/19 Hz to 10/24 Hz

Question 22

Transmission

Answer 22

The passage of an EM wave through a medium

Question 23

Absorption

Answer 23

The disappearance of an EM wave into the medium

Question 24

Scattering

Answer 24

The spreading out of light rays in all directions,because particles reflect and absorb the light

Question 25

Wave

Answer 25

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

Question 26

Polarization

Answer 26

A quality of light in which all of its waves vibrate in the same direction

Question 27

Prism

Answer 27

A tool that uses refraction to spread out the different wavelengths tat make up white light

Question 28

Primary Colors

Answer 28

The three colors that can be mixed to produce all possible colors

Question 29

Primary Pigments

Answer 29

Cyan,yellow,and magenta,can mix just the same as primary colors to produce all the colors

Question 30

Diffraction

Answer 30

The spreading out of waves through an opening or around the edge of an obstacle

Question 31

Interference

Answer 31

The meeting and combining of waves