Scince 2

Question 1

Wave

Answer 1

a disturbance that transfers engery from one place to another

Question 2

Medium

Answer 2

A substance through which a wave moves

Question 3

Mechinal

Answer 3

A wave such as a sound or seismic wave that transfers kenitic engery through matter

Question 4

Transverse

Answer 4

A wave in which the disturbance moves at an angel to the direction of the wave

Question 5

Longitudinal

Answer 5

A type of wave in which the disturbance move in that the wave travels

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

The highest point or peak of a wave

Question 7

Thought

Answer 7

The lowest point or valley of a wave

Question 8

Amplitude

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Wave lengthier

Answer 9

The distance from one crest to the next wave crest

Question 10

Frequency

Answer 10

The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given pierod 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 spending out of a waves as they pass through an opening or around the edges of an obstacle

Question 14

Electromagnetic

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Radiation

Answer 15

Engery that travels across distance in the from of electromagnetic waves

Question 16

Electromagnetic wave

Answer 16

Definition of electromagnetic wave. : one of the waves that are propagated by simultaneous periodic variations of electric and magnetic field intensity and that include radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays.

Question 17

Radio waves

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Micro waves

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Infrared light

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Ultraviolet light

Answer 20

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

Question 21

X-rays

Answer 21

The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with high frequency and high energies electromagnetic wave with frequencies ranging from 10 to the 16 powers to the 10 to the 21 hertzs

Question 22

Gamma rays

Answer 22

Part pf the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with the hights frequencies

Question 23

Transmission

Answer 23

The passage of waves thought a medium

Question 24

Absorption

Answer 24

The disappearance of a wave into a medium the engery transferred by a wave is converted into another form of engery

Question 25

Scattering

Answer 25

The spreading out of light waves in all direction as partacils reflect and absorb the light

Question 26

Polarization

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Prism

Answer 27

An optical tool that uses refraction of light separation the different wave lenght that make up white light

Question 28

Primary colorsany

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Primary pigment

Answer 29

There color of substance ( cyan yellow and magenta) that can be mixed to produce any possible colors

Question 30

Interference

Answer 30

The meeting and combining of waves: the adding or subtracting of wave amputated that occur as waves overlap

Question 31

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Answer 31

The range of all frequencies