Waves Vocabulary Words

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 which a wave moves.

Question 3

Mechanical Wave

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Transversal Waves

Answer 4

A wave in which the disturbance moves at right Angels to the direction of the wave.

Question 5

Longitudinal Wave

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

The highest point or peak of the wave.

Question 7

Trough

Answer 7

The lowest point or the valley of a wave.

Question 8

Amplitude

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Wave Length

Answer 9

The distance between crest to the next wave crest.

Question 10

Frequency

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Reflection

Answer 11

The bouncing back of a wave after it hits a barrier.

Question 12

Refraction

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Diffraction

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Interference

Answer 14

The meeting and combining of waves: the adding or subtraction of wave amplitudes that occur as waves overlap.

Question 15

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Answer 15

The range of all electromagnetic frequencies.

Question 16

Radiation

Answer 16

Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves.

Question 17

Electromagnetic Waves

Answer 17

electricity and magnetism combined to produce waves of energy.

Question 18

Radio Waves

Answer 18

The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of the waves lowest frequencies.

Question 19

Microwave

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Infrared Light

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Ultraviolet Light

Answer 21

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

Question 22

X Ray

Answer 22

The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with hight frequencies and high energies; electromagnetic waves with frequencies 10 to the 16 power 10 to the 21 Hertz.

Question 23

Gamma Rays

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Transmission

Answer 24

The passage of waves through a medium.

Question 25

Absorption

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Scattering

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Polarization

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Prism

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Primary Colors

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Primary Pigment

Answer 30

Three colors of substances (cyan,yellow,and magenta) that can be mixed to produce any possible colors.