Waves Vocaburlary Flashcards
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another with out requiring matter to move the entire distance.
Waves
A substance through which a wave moves
Medium
are produced when the displacement of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave.
Transverse Wave
A wave such as a sound or seismic wave that transfers kinetic energy through matter.
Mechanical Wave
A type of wave in which the disturbance move in the same direction that the wave travels.
Longitudinal Wave
The highest point or peak of a wave.
Crest
The lowest point or valley of a wave
Trough
The maximum distance that a distance that a disturbance cause a medium to move from its rest position.
Amplitude
the distance from one crest is to the next wave crest.
Wave length
The bouncing back of a wave after it hits a barrier
Reflection
The bending of light as it crosses a boundary between two mediums at and angle other than 90 degrees.
Refraction
The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given period of time.
Frequency
The spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around the edges of an obstacle.
Diffraction
The meeting and combining of waves: the adding or subtracting of wave amplitudes that occur as waves overlap.
Interference
The range of all electromagnetic frequencies.
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Energy that travels across distances in the form of electromagnetic waves.
Radiation
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.
Electromagnetic Wave
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves of the lowest frequencies.
Radio Waves
Part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of wave with a higher frequencies than radio waves but lower frequencies than infrared waves.
Microwaves
Parts or the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with a frequencies between those of microwaves and visible light.
Infrared Light
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of wave of frequencies higher than those of visible light and lower than x-rays.
Ultraviolet Light
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with high frequencies and high energies; electromagnetic wave with frequencies ranging from 10 to 16 power.
X-ray
Part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with the highest frequencies.
Gamma Rays
the passage of waves through a medium.
Transmission
The disappearance of a wave into a medium. The energy transferred by a wave is converted into another form of energy.
Absorption
the spreading out of a light waves in all directions as particles reflect and absorb the light
Scattering
A way of filtering light so that all of the waves vibrate in the same direction.
Polarization
An optical tool that uses refraction is light to separate the different wavelengths that make up white light.
Prism
Three colors of light (red, yellow, and blue) that can be mixed to produce all possible colors.
Primary Colors
Three colors of substance (cyan, yellow, and magenta) that can be mixed to produce any possible colors.
Primary Pigment
