Waves
Light
Motion
Gen. Science
Misc.
100
A disturbance or motion that travels through space without really moving matter.
What is a wave?
100
The study of light.
What is optics?
100
This Greek symbol means "change in" or "difference".
What is Delta?
100
This system of measurement was based off of the King.
What is the Royal System?
100
This is the range of electromagnetic waves.
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
200
SI unit for frequency.
What is Hertz?
200
A theory developed by Einstein in 1905 describing light as consisting of photons.
What is the photoelectric effect?
200
This law states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion.
What is Newton's First Law?
200
This is how exact measurements are.
What is precision?
200
This is inertia in motion.
What is momentum?
300
The mathematical formula for velocity.
What is V=Wavelength*Frequency?
300
Nobel Prize winning scientist whose experiment determined the speed of light.
Who is Michelson?
300
This law states that every action has an equal but opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law?
300
There are four of these in a bushel.
What is a peck?
300
The speed of light.
What is 300,000,000 km/s?
400
A motion whose restoring force is proportional to displacement.
What is Simple Harmonic Motion?
400
This astrologist was the first to demonstrate that light travels at a finite speed.
Who is Olaus Roemer?
400
Greek scientist who divided motion into two types: natural motion and violent motion.
Who is Aristotle?
400
This is the name of a meter that is raised 10^12.
What is a terameter?
400
The phenomena that shows that waves are transverse.
What is polarization?
500
Waves whose frequency is perfectly out-of-phase.
What is the cause of complete destructive interference?
500
The percent speed at which light travels through water.
What is 75%?
500
Examples of this type of quantity include time, area, and volume.
What are scalar quantities?
500
The amount of ounces in a millimeter?
What is .034?
500
The colors seen in thin films that are produced by the interference in the films of light waves of mixed frequencies.
What is iridescence?
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