Wave types
Waves in which the medium moves at right angles to the wave.
what is transverse waves?
The distance between one point on a wave and the exact same place on the next wave.
what is wavelength?
A type of electromagnetic radiation with wave lengths longer than visible light and shorter microwaves.
What is infrared light?
Waves in which the medium moves back and forth in the same direction as the wave.
what is compressional waves?
How many waves go past a point in one second.
What is frequency?
The portion of the Electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can detect.
What is visible light?
A type of electromagnetic wave with the longest wavelengths and lowest frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is radio waves?
How far the medium moves from rest position.
What is amplitude?
A type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than visible light but longer than x-rays.
What is ultraviolet light?
A wave of oscillating electric and magnetic fields that transfers energy through space or matter.
What are electromagnetic waves?
Material for a wave to travel though.
A type of electromagnetic radiation used in medical imaging to create black and white pictures of the inside of the body.
What is X-rays?
A disturbance that transfers energy through a medium, like a solid, liquid, or gas, by causing particles in that medium to vibrate.
What are Mechanical waves?
Highest point and lowest points on a wave.
What is crest and trough?
A form of high energy electromagnetic radiation with the shortest wavelength and high frequencies in the Electromagnetic spectrum.
What is Gamma Rays?