Waves

Question 1

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire disturbance

Answer 1

Wave

Question 2

A substance through which a wave moves

Answer 2

Medium

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Mechanical wave

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Transverse wave

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Longitudinal wave

Question 6

The highest point or peak of the wave

Answer 6

Crest

Question 7

The lowest point or valley of the wave

Answer 7

Trough

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Amplitude

Question 9

The distance from one crest to the next wave crest

Answer 9

Wavelength

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Frequency

Question 11

The bouncing back of a wave after it hits a barrier

Answer 11

Reflection

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Refraction

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Difraction

Question 14

The meeting and combing of waves :the adding or subtracting of wave amplitudes that occur as waves overlap

Answer 14

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 energy through a field

Answer 15

Electromagnetic wave

Question 16

Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves

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Radiation

Question 17

The range of all electromagnetic frequencies

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Electromagnetic spectrum

Question 18

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

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Radio waves

Question 19

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

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Microwaves

Question 20

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

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Infrared light

Question 21

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

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Ultraviolet light

Question 22

The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with high frequencies and high energies;electromagnetic spectrum wave with frequencies ranging from 10 to the 16th power to 10 to the 21 power hertez

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X-rays

Question 23

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

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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 to a into another form of energy

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Absorption

Question 26

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

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Scattering.

Question 27

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

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Polarization

Question 28

An optical tool that uses refraction of light to separate the different wavelengths that makeup white light

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Prism

Question 29

Three colors cyan,yellow and magenta that can be mixed to produce any possible colors

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Primary pigments

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Primary colors