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Medium

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Material through which a wave travels

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Wave

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Disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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Longitudinal wave

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Particles that move back and forth in the same direction that waves travel ; parallel to the waves

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Transverse wave

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Particles move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

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Mechanical wave

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Waves that require a medium

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Electromagnetic waves

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Distribution in the electric magnetic field

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Amplitude

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How far particles in the medium move away from their normal rest position

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Wave length

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Is the disturbance which the waves shape repeats

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Wave period

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Is the time required for one cycle

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Frequency

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Tells how many cycles occur in a n amount of time

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Hertz

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Frequency is measured in this

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Wave fronts

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The peaks can be drawn as shapes

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Wave speed

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The speed in which a wave travels

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transparent

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Matter that transmit light

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Translucent

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Materials transmit light but do not let light travel straight through

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Opaque

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Materials don’t let light pass through them

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Absorption

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Transfer of the light energy to matter

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Reflection

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The bouncing of light off a surface

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Refraction

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A change in direction of a wave as it passes from one medium into an angle

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Scattering

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Occurs when light is sent through a medium

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Radiation

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Is The transfer of energy as em waves

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Electromagnetic spectrum

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Visible light only a very small visible

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Infrared

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Light has lightly stronger wave lengths

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Ultraviolet

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Light has lightly shorter lengths

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Disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

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Wave

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Material through which a wave travels

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Medium

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Particles that move back and forth in the same direction that waves travel ; parallel to the waves

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Longitudinal wave

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Particles move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

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Transverse wave

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Particles move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

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Mechanical wave

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Particles move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

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Electromagnetic wave

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How far particles in the medium move away from their normal rest position

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Amplitude

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Is the disturbance which the waves shape repeats

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Wave length

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Is the time required for one cycle

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Wave period

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Tells how many cycles occur in a n amount of time

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Frequency

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Frequency is measured in this

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Hertz

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The peaks can be drawn as shapes

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Wave fronts

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The speed in which a wave travels

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Wave speed

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Matter that transmit light

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Transparent

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Materials transmit light but do not let light travel straight through

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Translucent

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Materials don’t let light pass through them

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Opaque

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Transfer of the light energy to matter

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Absorption

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The bouncing of light off a surface

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Reflection

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A change in direction of a wave as it passes from one medium into an angle

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Refraction

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Occurs when light is sent through a medium

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Scattering

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Is The transfer of energy as em waves

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Radiation

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Visible light only a very small visible

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Electromagnetic spectrum

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Light has lightly stronger wave lengths

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Infrared

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Light has lightly stronger wave lengths

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Ultraviolet

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