General Info
I am an electromagnetic wave and I travel as a _____________ wave.
What is transverse wave?
This happens when a wave bends around obstacles.
What is diffraction?
The lowest part of a transverse wave.
What is a trough?
This type of radiation can give you a sunburn.
What is ultraviolet (or UV) radiation?
This light is a mixture of all the colors of the rainbow.
What is white light?
The higher the amplitude of a wave, the higher the _______________ of the wave.
What is energy?
Three types of wave interactions.
The highest point of a transverse wave.
What is a crest?
These waves have the longest wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum and can be used for communication.
What are radio waves?
This color absorbs all colors of light.
What is black?
This type of wave needs a medium to travel through.
What is a mechanical wave?
When a wave changes direction as it moves to a new medium.
What is refraction?
The length between two crests or two troughs.
What is a wavelength?
These waves have the shortest wavelength and the most energy on the electromagnetic spectrum.
What are gamma rays?
This is what light is converted to when it is absorbed.
What is heat?
What is wavelength?
An echo in a canyon is an example of this type of wave interaction.
What is reflection?
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are closer together.
What is a compression?
The frequency of these waves is between the frequency of visible light waves and microwaves.
What is infrared?
In the visible light spectrum, this color has the longest wavelengths.
What is red?
The number of times a wave passes a certain point.
What is frequency?
A substance that a wave travels through (the general term, not a specific example).
What is a medium?
The unit that frequency is most often measured in.
What is hertz (Hz)?
These waves have high energy but usually cannot travel all the way through your body.
What are X-rays?
These are beams of very intense light that you can only see if they bounce off smoke or dust particles.
What are lasers?