Vocabulary
What is the top part of a wave called?
Crest
What type of wave is from the sun?
Ultra Violet
What is refraction?
When a wave goes through a medium and changes speed, which results the wave to change in direction.
What are the types of waves in an electromagnetic spectrum?
Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Visible light, UV, X-ray, and Gamma rays
What is the unit for frequency?
Hertz (Hz)
What is the bottom part of a wave called?
Trough
What is constructive interference?
When two waves combine and create one larger wave
What is diffraction?
When the wave goes around an object, but not behind
Encoding, transmitting, and then eventually Decoding
What is the unit for energy?
Joules (J)
What is the compression of a longitudinal wave?
The area where particles are closer together
What is destructive interference?
When two waves combine, and create a smaller wave
What proved that light was a wave?
Double-slit Experiment
What number is 1011 in binary?
11
What is the unit for speed?
m/s
What is frequency?
How the wave repeats itself over a period of time
Electromagnetic Wave
Who figured out that light was a wave?
Christiaan Huygens
What is the highest frequency wave in an Electromagnetic Spectrum?
Gamma ray
What is the unit for wavelength?
What is the formula for wave speed?
wavelength x frequency
How fast is the speed of electromagnetic waves?
The speed of light
Do light waves have a wave property or a particle property?
Both
What is the lowest frequency wave in an EM spectrum?
Radio waves
What is the unit for amplitude?
meters (m)