Science Vocabulary For Waves Subject

Question 1

The three colors of substance (cyan,yellow,and magenta That can be mixed to make all possible colors

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Primary pigment

Question 2

The three colors of light (red,yellow and blue). That can be mixed to make all possible colors.

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Primary colors

Question 3

An optical tool that uses refraction of light to separate the different wave lengths that make up white light.

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Prism

Question 4

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

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Polarization

Question 5

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

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Scattering

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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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Absorption

Question 7

The passage of waves through a medium

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Transmissions

Question 8

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

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Gamma rays

Question 9

The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with high frequencies and high energies. Electromagnetic waves with frequencies of 10 to the first power 15 to the 2 power and 20to 21 power hertz

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X- rays

Question 10

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

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Ultraviolet light

Question 11

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

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Infrared light

Question 12

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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Microwaves

Question 13

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

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Radio waves

Question 14

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

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Electromagnetic waves

Question 15

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

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Radiation

Question 16

The range of all electro magnetic frequencies

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Electromagnetic spectrum

Question 17

The meeting and combining of waves ; the adding or subtracting of wave amplitudes that occur as waves over lap.

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Interference

Question 18

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

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Diffraction

Question 19

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

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Refraction

Question 20

The bouncing back of a wave after it his a barrier

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Reflection

Question 21

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

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Frequency

Question 22

The distance between one crest to the next wave crest

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Wavelength

Question 23

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

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Amplitude

Question 24

the lowest point or valley of a wave

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Trough

Question 25

the highest point or peak of a wave

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Crest

Question 26

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

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Longitudinal 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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Transverse wave

Question 28

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

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Mechanical wave

Question 29

A substance through which a wave travels

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Medium

Question 30

a disturbance caused by a vibration; Waves travel away from the source that makes them.

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Wave