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What happens to the energy of a wave when the wavelength increases?
The energy of the wave decreases
The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another?
Refraction
These waves are used in treating cancer?
Gamma
The bending of a wave as it moves around an obstacle passes through a narrow opening?
Diffraction
Em waves that have the longest wavelengths, the lowest frequencies, and the lowest energies?
Radio waves
Have frequencies slightly higher than visible light; can damage skin?
ultraviolet waves
Em waves with shorter wavelengths, higher frequencies, and higher energy than other radio waves?
Microwaves.
Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths shorter than ultraviolet rays, but longer than gamma rays?
X-Rays
What type of wave is light?
Electromagnetic
What happens to the frequency of a wave when the wavelength increases?
The frequency of the wave decreases.
the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye; ROYGBIV - arranged longest to shortest wavelengths.
visible light spectrum
Is it true or false if a sound travel in space?
False
What happens to the speed of light as it exits the air and enters a glass of water?
It slows down
What do you call the dense sections of a longitudinal wave?
compressions
Which type of lens is your eye?
convex
How do you increase the volume of a sound wave?
Create a larger compression
Which lens is responsible for the refraction of these light rays?
Concave
The speed of sound is fastest in a?
solid
The speed of sound is slowest in a?
Gas
Put the speed of sound in order from fastest to slowest.
solid, liquid, gas
What does the image look like when looking through a CONCAVE lens?
smaller and upright.
How do you increase the pitch of a sound wave?
Increase the frequency
How do you increase the brightness of a light wave?
Increase the amplitude
Occurs when a wave strikes an object or surface and bounces off?
Reflection
Which is TRUE about refraction?
The speed and direction of light changes due to different mediums.