Waves
A. X-Rays B. Transverse Waves 3. Surface Waves. 4. Mechanical Waves. Which of the following is on the electromagnetic spectrum?
What are X-Rays, or what is A.
The low point of the wave.
Trough.
What is the sum of kinetic and potential energy.
What is mechanical energy.
A new substance is formed when_______occurs.
What is a chemical change.
The average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material.
What is temperature.
The highest point of the wave.
What is a crest.
Astronauts on a spaceship in outer space notice their instruments detect energy from the sun. Which of the following provides evidence that the Sun's energy is moving through outer space.
B. Electromagnetic radiation in for the form of radio waves.
Stored energy is...
What is potential energy.
The decrease in the volume of a material when its temperature decreases.
What is thermal contraction.
What is liquid to gas.
What is vaporization.
Halfway between a crest and a trough.
What is a resting point.
What is the wave in the electromagnetic spectrum that can travel through empty space.
What are radio waves.
A material where electricity flows through easily.
What is a conductor.
Which is colder, 0*C or 20*F
What is 20*F.
Phase changes occur at_____*C
What is 100*C
The distance between one crest or trough to the next.
What is wavelength.
The 2 factors that influence an object's gravitational potential energy...
What is mass and height.
What unit do we measure heat in?
What are calories.
A type of device that uses pressure to multiply forces and do work.
What is a Hydraulic.
The height of the wave
What is amplitude.
What is a symmetrical reflection across the y-axis when graphing the frequency of transverse and mechanical waves.
What is a parabola.
When particles move farther apart, the volume of the material...
What is increases.
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles from one part of the material to the other.
What is convection.
A power source that transforms electrical energy into movement, or mechanical energy.
What is an electric motor.