What you need to know pt 1
What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?
What are radiowaves?
when light bounces off a surface
What is reflection
Which electromagnetic waves from the Sun can cause sunburn?
What are UV waves
The color with the shortest wavelength
What is violet
The color that absorbs light the most
What is black
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum can humans see
What is visible light
The process of light bending as it travels from air into water
What is refraction
Which color of visible light has the longest wavelength?
What is red
a uniform substance through which energy travels.
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What is a medium
A blend of light waves of different colors is called this
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What is white light
The electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency and energy
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What are gamma waves
when a material takes in light energy
what is absorption
What type of electromagnetic wave is commonly used in television remote controls?
What are infrared waves
These waves occur when the particles of the medium are disturbed, or move, at a right angle to the direction of the wave
What is a transverse wave
occur when the particles of the medium move back and forth, or vibrate, along the same direction that the wave travels.
What is a longitudinal wave
the distance between two consecutive wave crests called
What is wavelength
when light passes through a material
What is transmittance
The height of a wave is also called
What is the amplitude
A sound wave is what kind of wave?
What is longitudinal
Light waves travel as these two types of disturbances
what are electric and magnetic
This happens when the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave decreases
What is The frequency increases
the type of material that allows light to pass through clearly
What is transparent material
A disturbance that carries energy from one place to another
What is a wave
These agitate when microwaves move through them
What are water molecules
This kills bacteria
What is ultraviolet light