Vocabulary Flashcards
Medium
Is any substance that a wave moves through
Mechanical wave
Waver that transfer energy through matter
Transverse wave
The direction in witch the wave travels is perpendicular
Longitudinal wave
The wave that travels in the direction of the disturbance
Crest
Is the highest point in the wave
Trough
Is the lowest Point of the wave
Amplitude
Is the distance between the line through the crest
Wave link
The distance between one wave crest to the vary next crest
Frequency
The number of passing waves
Reflection
The bouncing back of a wave after it strikes a barrier
Refraction
Is the bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at an angle other than 90 degrees.
Diffraction
Is the spreading out of waves through an opening or around the edge of an obstacle
Interference
Is the meting and the combining of a wave
Electromagnetic wave
Is a disturbance that transfers energy through a feld
Radiation
Energy that moves in the form of em waves
Electromagnetic spectrum
Or em spectrum is is a smooth gradually progression from the lowest frequencies to the highest
Radio waves
Are em waver with the longest wavelength
Microwaves
Are em waves with the shortest wavelength
Visibol light
Is the part of a em spectrum that a person can see
Infrared light
Part of the spectrum that consist of em frequencies between microwaves and visible light
Ultraviolet light
part of the em frequencies above those of visible light partly below x-rays
X-rays
Have frequencies from 10 hz to 10 hz
Gamma rays
Have have frequencies from 10 to 10 ha
Transmission
Is the passage of a em waves through a median
Absorption
Is the disappearance of an em wave into the medium
Scattering
Is the the spreading of waves in all directions
Polarization
is a quantity of light in witch all of its waves are made electric magnetic fields
Prism
Is a tool that uses refraction to spread out the different wavelengths that makes up wight light
Primary colors
when three colors are mixed together
Primary pigments
Are cyan, yellow,and magenta
Wave
Is a disturbance that transfers energy from one to another.