sound waves
What is the term for how loud or soft a sound is?
volume
What is the term for the highest point of a wave?
crest
What happens if you shine a white light through a red and yellow ruler?
It makes an orange light.
What happens to an image if you look at it behind water?
The image reverses
What mostly causes ocean waves?
wind
What is the term for how high or low a sound is?
pitch
What is the term for the lowest point of a wave?
trough
What property of a light wave corresponds to its brightness?
amplitude
What happens when you strike a tuning fork and put it into a cup of water?
It makes the water move.
As air temperature rises would sound waves travel faster or slower?
faster
What is the term for when parts of a sound wave are pushed closer together?
compression
What is the term for the distance between two crests or two troughs?
wavelength
Which color of visible light has the longest wavelength?
Red
What scale measures the amount of shaking in an earthquake from peoples observations?
Mercalli Scale
What animal made the loudest sound ever recorded?
blue whale
Which frequency is higher AM or FM?
FM
What is the term for the height of a wave from the middle line to the crest?
amplitude
What is the term for when a wave moves from one medium to another and thus changes direction?
refraction
The first seismic waves generated by earthquakes.
P waves
Can waves move through space?
Yes! Light waves from the Sun travel through space to reach Earth.
What receives the electromagnetic waves from a radio station?
antenna
What is the term for how many waves pass a point in a certain amount of time?
frequency
What is the term for when a wave bounces off a boundary and changes direction?
reflection
what 2 kinds of light can make a rainbow?
white light or sunlight
What kind of wave cannot travel through liquid?
S Wave