Wave Properties
This is a measurement of the height of a wave from either the crest to the rest position or can be from the trough to the rest position. What is this property called?
Amplitude
These types of waves have crests and troughs and move perpendicular to the disturbance. What kind of waves are they?
Transverse Waves
Which wave of the EM spectrum has the greatest amount of energy and therefore is the most dangerous?
Gamma Rays
List the correct order of the visible spectrum from longest wavelength to shortest
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
This object takes white light and separates it into all colors of the rainbow. What is this called?
A prism
This property of a longitudinal wave can be measured from the start of a compression to the start of the next compression. What is this property called?
Wavelength
These kind of waves move in the same direction as the disturbance and have compressions and rarefactions. What kind of waves are they?
Longitudinal Waves
Which waves of the EM spectrum have the longest wavelength, lowest frequency and lowest amount of energy?
Radio Waves
True or False? With no light color does not exist
True
These waves of the EM spectrum are the waves responsible for TV broadcasting. What waves are they?
Radio Waves
Frequency
These waves require a medium to travel through and therefore loose energy quickly. What kind of waves are they?
Mechanical Waves
What part of the EM spectrum has a higher energy than visible light but lower energy than X-Rays?
Ultraviolet
A prism, rainbow forming, and a straw appearing broken or bent in a glass of water are all examples of what?
refraction
What do waves transmit from one place to another?
Energy
If frequency increases what changes must occur to wavelength?
Wavelength must decrease
Radio waves, gamma rays and ultraviolet rays are a few examples of these types of waves
Electromagnetic Waves
What part of the EM spectrum has a longer wavelength than visible light but a shorter wavelength than microwaves?
Infrared
A red apple absorbs which color(s) and reflects which color(s)?
absorbs: orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
reflects: red
Mechanical waves can be what type(s) of waves?
Transverse or Longitudinal
What is the correct formula for calculating wave speed?
Speed = frequency x wavelength
Provide three examples of mechanical waves
Examples can include but are not limited to: sound waves, water waves, earthquakes, rope waves, etc.
List the order of the EM spectrum from high frequency to low frequency
Gamma, X-ray, Ultraviolet, Visible Light, Infrared, Microwaves, Radio Waves
How does an image change in a concave mirror?
It makes an image appear bigger
What happens to light as it enters a new medium?
It slows down and bends