Vocabulary
Sound Waves
Electromagnetic Waves
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Miscellaneous
100
A ambulance driving past you as you stand on the side of the road is an example of
What is Doppler Effect
100
Sound waves are not able to travel in...
What is Outer space.
100
If you wear an orange shirt, what colors are reflected and absorbed?
What is Reflected- Orange; Absorbed- Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet
100
Explain how mechanical and non mechanical waves differ.
What is non-mechanical waves do not need a medium to travel.
100
If you do 30 J of work moving a box 7.5 m, how much force did you apply?
What is 4 N.
200
Areas on a longitudinal wave where particles are spread out
What is Rarefactions.
200
Which medium does sound travel slowest through?
What is Gas.
200
Compare gamma rays and visible light in terms of energy, wavelength, and frequency.
What is Gamma rays have a higher frequency, shorter wavelength, and has higher energy.
200
Draw a wave with amplitude of 3 and a wavelength of 6.
What is See Sketch.
200
If you want your 50 kg cart to accelerate as fast as your 10 kg cart, what must you do to the force?
What is Increase the force of the 50 kg to be 5x more than the 10 kg cart.
300
Bending of a wave as it moves around an obstacle or passes through a narrow opening
What is Diffraction
300
How do sound waves differ from electromagnetic waves?
What is sound waves need a medium to travel through, longitudinal wave, and travels at a lower speed.
300
Compare Infared waves to UV rays in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy.
What is UV rays have a higher frequency, shorter wavelength, and more energy.
300
Describe how speed and frequency are different.
What is speed is distance traveled in certain time and frequency is number of cycles in certain time.
300
Describe the Law of Conservation of Energy.
What is Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted.
400
A flashlight shining into water is an example of
What is Refraction
400
Describe two ways to increase the loudness of a sound.
What is increase # of vibrating particles and decreasing distance from vibrating source.
400
Explain what causes a rainbow. Use scientific terms.
What is raindrops cause the light to DISPERSE displaying all the colors of the rainbow.
400
Draw a transverse wave of a tube and a flute. Label each wave.
What is See Sketch.
400
Describe the action reaction force pairs as a car drives down a road.
What is AF- Tire pushes road; AM- Road moves back; RF- Road pushes tire; RM- Tire moves forward
500
When a wave passes through a medium, it is....
What is Transmitted.
500
What happens to the sound of a police siren as it moves away from a man standing along the sidewalk? Describe in terms of pitch and frequency.
What is Pitch will decrease as frequency decreases.
500
What are the 3 main wave behaviors discussed in class and describe the actions of each.
What is Reflect (bounce off), Absorb (held within causing heat), and Transmit (travel through).
500
Label the seven EM waves in order from shortest wavelength to longest.
What is Gamma Ray, X-ray, UV, Visible Ligh, Infared, Microwave, and Radio Wave.
500
Describe the energy transfers that occur from the sun to providing energy for a cow to walk around.
What is Nuclear- Electromagnetic- Chemical- Mechanical.
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