Sound
Light
Newton
Electromagnetic
General Wave Stuff
100
the kind of wave that sound produces
What is a compressional wave?
100
a light "echo"
What is a reflection?
100
what 1 Newton equals
What is 1kg . m/s2
100
where ultraviolet light BEGINS to cause cell damage
What is a tan?
100
what is transferred by waves
What is energy?
200
instrument type that vibrates a column of air that can be lengthened or shortened
What is a woodwind?
200
the location of the largest reflecting telescope in the northern hemisphere
Where is Hawaii ( the Twin Keck telescopes)?
200
even if you have a constant velocity with circular motion
What is acceleration?
200
the kind of medium used by electromagnetic waves from the Sun?
What is can use no medium at all?
200
energy emitted by the Sun is called____________
What is radiant energy?
300
repeated echoes of sound
What is reverberation?
300
primary pigment colors
What is yellow, magenta, cyan?
300
when air resistance balances gravity
What is terminal velocity?
300
studies electromagnetic radiation from space even on days when the weather is cloudy or at night
What is a radio telescope?
300
one half of the distance between the crest and trough of a transverse wave
What is amplitude?
400
causes hearing loss in most older people
What is damaging the hair cells in the cochlea?
400
a lens that is thicker in the center than at the edges
What is a convex lens?
400
shows the relationship between net force, mass and acceleration (or Newton's 2nd law of motion)
What is Fnet = ma?
400
speed of light in a vacuum (space)
What is 300,000 km/s
400
how wave speed is mathematically calculated
What is wave speed = frequency x wavelength
500
the function of the outer ear
What is sound collection?
500
what happens when a beam of white light is project through a prism
What is a rainbow is created?
500
the force exerted by the wall when you push on the wall
What is normal force?
500
developer of frequency hopping technology and a great Hollywood actress of the 1930's and 1940's
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
500
the ability of 2 waves to combine and form a new wave
What is interference?
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