...but no beach in sight
These are the most common waves in creation
What are electromagnetic waves?
These electromagnetic waves have the longest wavelengths
What are radio waves?
Materials that allow MOST of the light to pass through are known as this type
What is translucent?
The shape of converging lenses
What is convex?
This travels at an amazing 670,000,000 mph
What is the speed of light?
These are waves that vibrate at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels
What are transverse waves?
The term describing a kind of electromagnetic wave means "below red"
What is infrared?
This is said to happen to light when light hits an object but does not exit
What is absorbed?
The technical diagnosis for nearsightedness
What is myopia?
He is the "father" of the wave theory of light
Who was Christian Huygens?
Energy that is transferred by electromagnetic waves is known as this
What is electromagnetic radiation?
This is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can see
What is visible light?
This is defined as the angle of reflection equaling the angle of incidence
What is the Law of reflection?
These are the two kinds of light sensitive cells in the eye
What are rods and cones?
When the crest of one wave meets the crest of another wave traveling in the opposite direction
What is constructive interference?
The English physicist who showed in an experiment that light behaved like a wave
Who was Thomas Young?
These short wavelength radio waves are used in a car's GPS system
What are microwaves?
Refraction of light through suspended water droplets
What is a rainbow?
Red, Green, and Blue are known as these
What are the additive primary colors?
This is the currently accepted theory on the nature of light
What is the quantum-mechanical theory of light?
This happens when waves interact with each other
What is wave interference?
This is an earth-protecting molecule that breaks down in the presence of ultraviolet light
What is ozone?
When light vibrates in only one plane
What is polarized light?
This color resulted from a merging of red and green lights
What is yellow?
This is the contemporary name of Einstein's "packets of energy" released when an electron returns to a lower energy level
What are photons?