Wave Basics
What is the number of waves that pass through a point in one second?
Frequency
What is the tallest point of a wave?
Crest
What is a wave that can travel through matter?
Mechanical Wave
What is the EM wave with the longest wavelength; used in making phone calls, using the internet, and texting
Radio Wave
What are the EM waves that help doctors see broken bones?
X-Rays
What do waves transfer from wave to wave?
Energy
What is the lowest point of a wave?
Trough
What is a wave that can travel trough matter and empty space?
Electromagnetic wave
What is the only part of the EM spectrum we can see?
Visible Light
What are the EM waves that help detect heat?
Infrared Waves
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to its wavelength?
The wavelength decreases
What is the distance between two crests on a wave?
Wavelength
What are the types of waves created by Earthquakes?
Seismic Waves
What are the EM waves that heat up water molecules to re-heat your food?
Microwaves
What type of EM Wave does a T.V. remote control use?
Infrared Wave
What is the color order for the visible light spectrum?
ROYGBIV
What is the maximum distance a wave varies from its rest point (also known as the height of a wave)?
Amplitude
What is a wave that travels up and down from the motion of the wave (at a right angle/perpendicular)
Transverse
What are the EM waves that can cause sunburns; the ozone layer helps block these waves?
Ultraviolet Waves
What type of EM Wave is a result of Nuclear Energy?
Gamma Ray Wave
When the frequency of a wave decreases what happens to the wavelength?
It Increases
The part of the wave where the energy is transferred to the next wave?
Resting point
What is a wave that travels back and forth from the motion of the wave (parallel).
Longitudinal
What are the EM waves with the highest energy and highest frequency.
Gamma Rays
What is the correct order of the EM spectrum from lowest energy to highest energy?
radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, ultra-violet rays, x-rays, gamma rays