Identify the Wave
This wave's medium is compressed in the same direction as the movement of the wave
What is compression wave or longitudinal wave
This is the highest point of the wave above the resting line.
What is the crest?
This is what R stands for in ROY G BIV
What is Red?
The speed of light is very fast?
What is TRUE?
What is sound energy?
This type of wave can be described in the same way as a snake moves across the ground.
What is a transverse wave?
This is the point where the wave crosses the resting line.
What is the node?
This is what the Y stands for in ROY G BIV
What is yellow?
When light bends as it hits an object it is called.
What is refraction?
This is the medium that sound waves must travel through
What is a solid, liquid or gas?
This wave travels in empty space.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
This is the measurement from the center of one peak to the center of the next peak.
What is wavelength?
This is what I stands for in ROY G BIV
What is indigo?
When light bounces off an object it is called....
What is reflection?
This is the type of wave an alarm clock uses
What is a sound wave?
This event is caused by a wave that's created deep in the ocean floor and causes catastrophic damage on shorelines around the world.
What is a tsunami?
This is the lowest point of the wave.
What is the trough?
This is what G stands for in ROY G BIV
What is green?
Which type of electromagnetic wave can we see?
What is visible light?
Sound travels in these types of spring waves that we study at the beginning of the unit.
What is a compression wave or longitudinal wave?
This type of wave allows us to hear things.
What is a sound wave?
This is the distance between the resting line and the crest of the wave.
What is the amplitude?
This is what V stands for in ROY G BIV
What is violet?
This is all colors of visible light mixed together?
What is white light?
A sound wave is also called a ___________ wave because it moves through a medium.
What is a mechanical wave?