Test 5 Review Flashcards
properties of alkali metals
- form cations
- lose one electron
- found in plant ash
properties of alkaline earth metals
- exist as cations
- 2+
- found in earth crust
known as the salt-formers
Group 17- Halogens
forms 2+ ions
alkaline earth metals
periodic back and forth motion
wave
distance between two correspond points on a wave
wavelength (lambda)
frequency and wavelength are ____________ operations
inverse
the waves strength
amplitude
rate at which a wave travels
speed
proposed the particle theory of light
Newton
proposed the idea of the electromagnetic wave
Maxwell
the electromagnetic wave is..
an electric component and a magnetic component
symbol for speed of light
c
the arrangement of all possible electromagnetic waves
electromagnetic spectrum
proposed the dual nature of light
Einstein