Waves Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Primary pigment

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Three color of substance (cyan,yellow,And magenta) that can be mixed together to produce any possible colors

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Primary color

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These colors of light(red,yellow,and blue) that can be mixed to produce all possible colors.

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Prism

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An optical tool that uses refraction of light to separate the different wavelengths that make up white light

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Polarization

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A very filtering thing so that all of the waves vibrate in the same direction.

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Scattering

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The spreading out of light waves in all directions as particles reflect and absorb light

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Absorption

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The disappearance of a wave into a medium. The energy transferred by a wave is converted into another form of energy

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Transmission

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The passage of waves through a medium

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Gramma ray

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

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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 with frequencies ranging 10- 16 to 10-21 power herts

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Ultraviolet light

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The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves or frequencies higher than those of visible light and lower than x-rays

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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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Microwaves

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Part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with a higher frequencies than radio waves but lower frequencies than infrared waves.

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Electromagnetic wave

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A type of wave such as a light wave or radio wave that does not require a medium to travel through a disturbance that transferred on.

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Radiation

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Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves

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Electromagnetic spectrum

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The range of all electromagnetic frequencies.

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Interference

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The meeting and combination of waves,the adding or subtracting of wave amplitudes that occur as waves overlap

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Diffraction

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

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Refraction

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

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Reflection

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The bouncing back of a wave after it hits a barrier

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Frequency

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

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Wave

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without matter to move the entire distance

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Medium

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A substance through which a wave 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 wave

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Longitudinal wave
A type of wave in which the disturbance move in the same direction that the wave travels
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Crest
The highest point or peak of a wave
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Trough
The lowest point or variety of a wave
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Amplitude
The maximum distance that a disturbance causes a medium to move from its rest position.
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Wave length
The distance from one crest to the next wave crest
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Radio waves
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves of the lowest frequencies.