Name that Wave
It can't fix a car, but this does requires a medium through which to travel.
What is a mechanical wave?
This is the highest part of a transverse wave, not toothpaste.
What is a crest?
The maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through the medium.
What is amplitude?
The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.
What is reflection?
Matter that transmits light
What is transparent
A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a transverse wave?
The lowest part of a transverse wave.
What is a trough?
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is wavelength?
The bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle.
What is refraction?
Objects seen through this material look distorted or fuzzy. Ex: frosted glass, lamp shades and tissue paper.
What is translucent?
A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal wave?
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
What is a compression?
The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency?
Light slows when it passes through this
What is matter?
These materials do not let any light pass through them, instead they reflect light, absorb light, or both.
What is opaque?
A wave that is caused from disturbances in electric and magnetic fields.
What is an electromagnetic wave.
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart.
What is a rarefaction?
Unit of measurement for frequency.
What is a hertz (Hz)?
A frog in white light appears green because it _______green light and _______other colors of light.
What is reflects and absorbs
These 2 things determine the color of objects we see
What is light reflected or absorbed OR light transmitted.
A longitudinal wave that occurs in the ground.
What is a seismic wave or surface wave?
Wave speed = frequency x ________
What is wavelength?
The frequency of 300 waves that pass a point in one minute?
What is 5 Hz?
The increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object’s natural frequency.
What is resonance?
The color of the sky is due to this
What is scattered light?