Vocabulary Test Waves Transfer Enegy

Question 1

Medium

Answer 1

Any substance that a wave moves through

Question 2

Wave

Answer 2

Disturbance that transfers from one place to another

Question 3

Mechanical wave

Answer 3

Waves that transfer energy through matter

Question 4

Transverse wave

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The direction in which the wave travels is perpendicular or at right angles to the direction to disturbance

Question 5

Longitudinal wave

Answer 5

The wave travels in the same direction as the disturbance

Question 6

Crest

Answer 6

The highest point or peak of a wave

Question 7

Trough

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The lowest point or valley of the wave

Question 8

Amplitude

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

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Wave length

Answer 9

The distance from one crest to another crest

Question 10

Frequency

Answer 10

Measures how often a wave occurs

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Reflection

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The bouncing back of a wave after it strikes a barrier

Question 12

Refraction

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The bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at a angle other then

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Diffraction

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The spreading out of waves through an opening or around the edge of an obstacle

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Interference

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The meeting and combining of waves

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Electromagnetic wave

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A disturbance that transfers energy through a field

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Radiation

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Energy that moves in the form of EM waves

Question 17

Electro magnetic spectrum

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The range of all EM frequencies

Question 18

Radio waves

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EM waves that have the longest wave length, the lowest frequencies, and the highest energies

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Microwaves

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EM waves with shorter wavelengths, higher frequencies, and higher energy that other radio waves

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Visible light

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The part of the EM spectrum that the human eye can see

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Infrared light

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Part of the spectrum consist of EM frequencies between microwaves and visible light

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Ultraviolet light

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Part of the EM spectrum consist of frequencies abbé those of visible light and particularly below those of x-rays

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x-rays

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The part of the electro magnetic spectrum that consists of waves with high frequencies and high energies

Question 24

Gamma rays

Answer 24

Part of the electro magnetic spectrum that consists of waves with the highest frequencies