Waves
Amplitude measures the _______ of a wave.
strength or intensity
Frequency f is the number of times per _____ that a wave cycles
second
what is the abbreviation for ounces?
oz
What Kitchen appliance uses radiation to vibrate water molecules to heat up food?
Microwave
15 doubled
30
Waves can carry energy as well as______over great distances.
information
Medium is simply the material a wave travels though such as _______ or ________.
air or water
How many ounces in 2 pounds?
32oz
What uses electromagnetic radiation that passes through solid objects such as the human body to view images of bone and other structures in the body?
Xray
half of 300
150
What are two examples of our daily encounter with waves?
sound waves, radio waves, visible light waves and microwaves
The speed of light is a _______ ________.
universal constant
how many inches in a yard?
36
The most common form of ultraviolet radiation is____, which produces UVA, UVB and UVC rays
Sunlight
10 times 100
1000
What are the two main classification of waves?
Mechanical and Electromagnetic
The distance between two successive crests or troughs of a wave is called?
Wavelength
How many quartz in 2 gallons?
8
How much radiation (uSV) do you get from a dental x-ray?
5 uSV
8 thousand doubled
16 thousand
What kind of waves are generated by earthquakes?
Seismic waves
Gamma rays have a frequency higher than 30 EHz, of all the kinds of light, gamma rays have the most energy and also have the largest effect on ________.
matter
How many ounces would a 6 pound baby weigh?
96 oz.
What kind of light is used in our TV remotes, some kitchen ovens and in heat lamps used in restaurants to keep food warm
Infrared light
half of a million
500,000 or five hundred thousand