Parts of a Wave
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Heat Transfer
Characteristics of a Wave
Energy Transformation
100
What part of the wave is labeled as A?
Trough
100
As the frequency of an electromagnetic wave increases, what happens to its wavelength?
The wavelength decreases.
100
Touching a hot pan is an example of what kind of heat transfer?
Conduction
100
If you decrease the wavelength of a wave, this measurement goes up.
Frequency
100
This is the energy of motion, possessed by anything from a rolling ball to a flying airplane.
kinetic energy
200
What part of the wave can be measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?
wavelength
200
With a frequency higher than visible light but lower than X-rays, this type of solar radiation can cause sunburns.
Ultra Violet
200
A hot object warming the air around it?
Radiation
200
Assuming a constant wave speed in a medium, if the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
It decreases
200
The First Law of Thermodynamics is essentially a restatement of this fundamental law, which asserts that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Law of Conversation of energy
300
What does part C on the wave measure?
Energy
300
Which electromagnetic wave has the HIGHEST frequency?
Gamma Rays
300
Warm water circulating in the ocean is an example of what kind of heat transfer?
Convection
300
This type of wave moves the medium parallel to the direction of wave travel, creating compressions and rarefactions, like a sound wave.
Longitudinal Wave
300
Solar panels on a house take light energy from the sun and transform it into this usable household form.
electrical energy
400
What part of the wave is labeled as B
Crest
400
Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum can be seen with the human eye?
Visible Light
400
Feeling warmth from the Sun is an example what kind of heat transfer?
Radiation
400
This type of wave moves the medium perpendicular to the direction the wave travels, like a wave on a string.
Transverse Wave
400
A television converts electrical energy into these two distinct forms of energy so you can watch a show.
light and sound energy
500
What is labeled as D on the wave?
Wavelength
500
Put the electromagnetic waves in order from HIGHEST frequency to LOWEST frequency.
Gamma, X-Ray, Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared, Radio
500
This type of heat transfer occurs through direct physical contact between objects.
Conduction
500
Some waves get blocked or reflected by particles in the atmosphere more than others. The telescopes and weather balloons shown in the diagram are common technologies that are used to record or observe the waves they detect. How does the information collected from waves by a space telescope compare to that of a ground telescope?
Space telescopes can record short wavelengths that are blocked by Earth’s atmosphere, but ground telescopes cannot.
500
At the highest point of a roller coaster hill, this specific type of energy is at its absolute maximum.
potential energy