Wave Vocab

Question 1

A disturbance that transfers energy,from one place to another with out requiring matter to an entire distence

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Wave

Question 2

A substance through which a wave moves

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Medium

Question 3

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

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Mechanical wave

Question 4

A wave in which the disturbance moves at right angles tothe direction of the wave

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Transverse wave

Question 5

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

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Longitudinal wave

Question 6

The highest point or a peak of a wave

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Crest

Question 7

The lowest point or valley of a wave

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Trough

Question 8

The maximum distence causes a medium to move from its rest position

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Amplitude

Question 9

the distance from one crest to the next wave crest

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Wave length

Question 10

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

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Frequency

Question 11

The bouncing back of a wave after it hits a barrier

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Reflection

Question 12

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

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Refraction

Question 13

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

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Defraction

Question 14

The meeting and combination of waves the adding or subtracting of wave amplitude that occur as waves overlape

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Interference

Question 15

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 that transfers energy through a field

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Electromagnetic spectrum

Question 16

Energy that travels across distance in the form of electromagnetic waves

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Radiation

Question 17

The range of all electromagnetic frequencies

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Electromagnetic wave

Question 18

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

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Radio wave

Question 19

Part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with a higher frequencies than radio waves of the lowest frequency

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Microwaves

Question 20

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

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Infared waves

Question 21

The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves of frequencies higher than those of visble light and lower than x rays

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Ultra violet light

Question 22

The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with high frequency and high ranging from 10 to the 16 power to the 10 to the 21 power hertz

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X rays

Question 23

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

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Gamma rays

Question 24

The passage of waves through a medium

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Transmission

Question 25

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 26

The speeding out of light waves in all directions as particies reflect and obsorbed the light

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Scattering

Question 27

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

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Polarization

Question 28

An optical tool that uses refraction of lights to separate the different wavelengths that make up while light

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Prisim

Question 29

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

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Primary colors

Question 30

Three colors of the substance (cyan,yellow ,magenta) that can be mixed to produce all possible colors

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Primary pigments