A traveling disturbance that carries energy from one point to another.
What is a waves?
Waves movement is
What is Periodic or Cyclical?
An electromagnetic disturbance whose propagation allows the transportation of light.
What is a light wave?
The wavelengths of the visible light spectrum range from
What is 400 nm to 700 nm?
The result of light travelling in a straight line.
What are shadows?
When transmission modifies the initial trajectory of the light this phenomenon occurs. Also the bending of light.
Wat is refraction?
Require a medium to travel.
What is a mechanical wave?
Shown below:
What is a cycle or period?
Means electric and magnetic waves.
What is electromagnetic?
A combination of the colors that make up the visible light spectrum
What is white light?
Block the passage of light.
What is an opaque medium?
Occurs when the light wave travels through a substance and its energy diminishes over the course of its journey. May increase the temperature of the substance.
What is absorption?
These waves can travel in a vacuum - light
What are electromagnetic waves?
The distance between two points of a wave separated by a complete cycle.
What is the wavelength?
He formalized the connection between electric and magnetic fields. He also formalized electromagnetic wave propagation
Who is James Clerk Maxwell?
He demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves. His research cleared the way for telegraphy and radio!!!
Who was Heinrich Rudolf Hertz?
Allow light to pass through completely.
What is a transparent media?
The region of the electromagnetic region that is toward the lower frequencies (just below red)
What is infrared radiation?
The energy waves emitted by the Sun are this type.
What are electromagnetic waves?
Corresponds to the time required for the wave to complete a cycle.
What is the period?
Electromagnetic waves move through a vacuum at
What is 3 x 108 m/s?
An imaginary line that connects all the points touched by the wave at the same moment.
What is a wavefront?
Allow for the passage of diffuse light.
What is a translucent media?
The region of the electromagnetic region that is toward the upper frequencies (just above violet)
What is ultraviolet radiation?
The direction a transverse wave travels is perpendicular to the direction of the disturbance. Electromagnetic waves are this type.
What are transverse waves?
The maximum displacement of a point from its equilibrium position.
What is the amplitude?
Wavelength is inversely proportional to the
What s frequency?
A consecutive series of waves that travel in the same direction.
What is a wave train?
When the light has encountered a surface with the ability to modify the trajectory of the light ray and send the rays in a different direction.
What is reflection?
The color you should wear when it hot and sunny.
What is white?
The direction of propagation is parallel to the direction of the disturbance. Sound waves are this type.
What are longitudinal waves?
The number of cycles completed per second
What is the frequency?
The human eye can detect this
What is the visible light spectrum?
Light travelling in a straight line.
What is linear propagation?
Takes place when light passes through certain transparent or translucent material.
What is transmission?
The light rays appear to move to a single point.
What is a converging beam?