Beginner Wave Guts
What is the highest part of a wave?
crest
What is the name for how many waves happen in a certain amount of time?
frequency
What is it called when a wave is sent out by matter?
emission
What is it called when a wave bounces off matter?
reflection
What is the name for the range of wavelengths of light humans can see?
visible spectrum
What is the lowest part of a wave?
trough
What part of a wave is affected by the wave's energy?
amplitude
What is it called when a wave is taken in by matter?
absorption
What is it called when a wave spreads out as it passes through an opening?
diffraction
What color of visible light has the longest wavelength?
red
What is the name for where something is when it's not moving?
resting position (or resting point)
What is the name for what a wave moves through?
medium
What is it called when a wave passes through matter?
transmission
What is it called when a wave changes direction as it goes from one medium to another?
refraction
What is the name for the range of every possible wavelength of light?
EM spectrum
What is the name for how far a medium vibrates from its resting position?
amplitude
What is the vibration of a medium as energy passes through it?
wave
What do we call matter that transmits ALL light?
transparent
Which wave interaction is MOST responsible for how a prism make us see rainbows?
refraction
What type of light carries the most energy?
gamma rays
What is the distance between similar parts of repeating waves?
wavelength
How are wavelength and frequency related?
higher wavelength, lower frequency
OR
higher frequency, lower wavelength
For us to see something, two wave interactions must happen: one at the beginning and one at the end. What are those two wave interactions?
emission and absorption
What type of wave interaction is MOST responsible for how a spectroscope shows us rainbows?
diffraction
What invisible types of light are right next to visible light on the EM spectrum?
infrared and ultraviolet