The amplitude of a light wave measures what property of light?
What is brightness?
100
Are sound waves electromagnetic waves?
No, they are mechanical waves
100
The sun making your skin feel warm is an example of?
What is radiation?
100
Energy can be transferred and transformed, true or false?
True
100
This is the highest point of a wave
What is the crest?
200
Light that bounces off of a surface is said to be?
What is reflected?
200
What property of sound determines loudness?
What is amplitude?
200
the distribution of heat by way of moving particles through air or water
What is convection?
200
when a battery powers a flashlight this is what type of energy conversion?
Chemical to electrical
200
Name a type of wave on the electromagnetic spectrum
What are radio waves, visible light, x-rays, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet, and gamma rays?
300
When light enters a different material and the light bends this is called
What is refraction?
300
the pitch of a sound will be determined by the waves?
What is frequency?
300
If you burn yourself by touching a hot pan, this is an example of what type of heat transfer?
What is conduction?
300
When we eat and use that energy to do work what type of energy conversion is this?
What is chemical energy to mechanical energy?
300
This is the distance between two crests or two troughs of a wave
What is wavelength?
400
When an object reflects all light we see?
What is white light?
400
The speed of a sound wave is slower of faster than that of a light wave?
What is slower?
400
The physical change from one state to another is called a?
What is a phase change?
400
When the sun hits the sand on the beach what type of energy conversion is this?
Light to Heat energy
400
The number of waves that pass a point in a given time
What is frequency?
500
What color has the longest wavelength and which has the smallest?
What is red and violet?
500
Why can't sound travel through space?
It needs a medium to travel trhough
500
A change of state when a solid goes to a gas without every changing into a liquid
What is sublimation?
500
When your vocal chords make sound what type of energy conversion is this?
Mechanical energy to sound energy
500
When this type of wave moves through matter it causes the particles to move to the side (i.e. it does not travel in the same direction as the particles)