General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Sound
Light
Colors
100
What are rythmic disturbances that transfers energy?
a wave
100
What is the formula for wave speed?
Speed = wavelength x frequency
100
What type of wave are sound waves?
longitudinal (compressional)
100
Name the four wave behaviors.
Absorption, reflection, diffraction, refraction
100
What is the bouncing back of a light wave after it hits a surface?
reflection
200
What are the five parts of a wave?
Crest, trough, midpoint, amplitude, wavelength
200
If 6 waves pass in 2 seconds, the frequency is
3 Hertz
200
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
pitch
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
300
What are waves that do not require a medium?
Electromagnetic
300
What is the distance from one crest to the next crest or from one trough to the next trough?
wavelength
300
How do we hear sound waves?
Vibrations
300
What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
gamma rays
300
All colors we see are known as
visible light
400
What are waves where the particles move up and down or back and forth?
transverse waves
400
What is the distance called that particles move from the midpoint of the wave to the crest or to the trough?
amplitude
400
What is the part of the ear that helps us keep our balance?
Semicircular canal
400
What is the pathway of how we see light?
Cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, brain
400
What is the difference between rods and cones?
Rods see black, white and grey; whiles cones see red, green and blue
500
What is the medium for seismic waves?
earth/dirt
500
What is the distance a wave travels in a given amount of time or in one second?
Frequency
500
Name the pathway of how we hear sound in its entirety.
Outer ear, canal, eardrum, middle ear 3 bones), inner ear, cochlea
500
What is the relationship between the size of our pupil and the amount of light we are seeing?
The more light, the smaller the pupil is; the less light, the bigger the pupil becomes.
500
List the colors of the electromagnetic spectrum from shortest wavelength to longest.
violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red
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