General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Sound
Light
Colors
100
What is a periodic disturbance that transfers energy?
a wave
100
What is the highest point of a wave?
crest
100
What type of wave are sound waves?
longitudinal (mechanical)
100

What type of waves are light waves?

electromagnetic

100
What is the bouncing back of a light wave after it hits a surface?
reflection
200

What is the environment that waves occur in?

medium

200
What is the lowest point of a wave?
trough
200
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
pitch
200
What is the bending of a light wave as it passes from one medium into a different medium?
refraction
200

What color has the longest wavelength?

Red

300
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
mechanical waves
300
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
wavelength
300
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
amplitude
300
What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
gamma rays
300

What color has the highest wavelength, next to Ultraviolet in the spectrum?

Violet

400
What are waves where the particles move perpendicular to the direction of motion?
transverse waves
400
What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?
amplitude
400

What is the reflection of sound called?

echo

400
What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?
sound waves
400

We see leaves as green because this color is reflected to our eyes

What is green?

500

What is the medium for ocean waves?

ocean/ water

500

What is the time it takes for a wave to complete one cycle?

frequency

500
What causes sound waves?
vibrations
500

What is the part of the EM spectrum that reaches our. eyes?

Visible Light

500

We see red bike because this color is what is reflected to our eyes.  

What is red?

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