General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Light
Light Properties
Sound
100

What is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another?

a wave

100
What is the highest point of a wave?
crest
100
What type of waves are light waves?
electromagnetic
100

What is the bouncing back of a light wave after it hits a surface?

reflection

100

A sound waves that is bounced or reflected is called this. 

An echo

200
What is the physical environment that waves occur in?
medium
200
What is the lowest point of a wave?
trough
200
What is the bending of a light wave as it passes from one medium into a different medium?
refraction
200
What is the speed that waves travel at?
frequency
200
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
pitch
300
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
mechanical waves
300
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
wavelength
300
What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
gamma rays
300

These are objects that do NOT allow light to pass through. 

Opaque

300
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
amplitude
400

These are waves in which the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave

transverse waves

400
What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?
amplitude
400

What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

radio waves

400

This is when light is transferred to an object

Absorption 
400

What determines the pitch of a sound?

the frequency of the wave

500

These waves do not require a medium in order to travel.

electromagnetic waves (EM waves)

500

What is the time it takes for waves to go past a point in one second?

frequency

500

The colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet are all part of what? 

Visible light spectrum

500
What is the difference between a concave and a convex mirror?
Concave curves inward and compresses the image. Convex curves outward and stretches out the image.
500

What causes sound waves?

vibrations

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