Wave Parts
This is the top of the wave
What is a crest?
The waves of the Electromagnetic Spectrum are all which type of wave?
What is a transverse wave?
What is the term used to explain how light changes direction when shined in a mirror?
What is reflection?
Used to examine most areas of the body. Mainly bones and joints
What are x-rays?
This is the standard unit of measurement used for wave speed in the metric system.
What is meters per second m/s?
This is the distance between two crests or two troughs
What is a wavelength?
What do all the waves in the Electromagnetic Spectrum carry?
What is Energy?
What is the object that light bends through, creating the visible color spectrum?
What is a glass prism?
What are gamma rays?
If a wave has a frequency of 10 Hz and a wavelength of 5 meters, this is the resulting wave speed?
What is 50 m/s? 10 times 5 = 50
This is the bottom part of a wave
What is a trough?
How do the waves in the Electromagnetic Spectrum differ?
What is wavelength? or What is frequency? or What is energy?
What type of wave can travel through the empty vacuum of space?
What is the light?
Used for detecting fake bank notes in shops, killing microbes and sterilising
What are ultra violet waves?
In the wave speed equation v = f X λ, this Greek letter (symbol) is used to represent wavelength?
What is λ (Lambda)?
This is the vertical distance between the middle of the wave and a crest or trough
What is an amplitude?
Which waves carry the most energy?
What are gamma rays?
What is the correct order of visible light from highest energy to lowest energy?
What is VIBGYOR?
Used for cooking, speed cameras and radars
What are microwaves?
A wave is traveling at a speed of 100 m/s with a frequency of 20 Hz. This is the wavelength of that wave.
What is 5 meters? 100 / 20 = 5
This is the number of waves passing a point in one second
What is frequency?
Which waves are easily detected with our eyes?
What is the speed of light?
Used for communication
Because all electromagnetic waves travel at the same constant speed in a vacuum, if the wavelength of a light wave is doubled, this must happen to its frequency.
What is it is cut in half?