Waves
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another:
A. Wavelength
B. Wave
C. Crest
B wave
A wave that is produced by a vibrating object and travels through matter.
A. Light
B. Sound
C. Water
Sound
Radio waves, microwaves, light, X-rays, and gamma rays make up :
________________________ spectrum
Electromagnetic
Type of electromagnetic wave that can be detected by the human eye:
A. Visible Light
B. Microwave
C. Gamma
A. Visible.
_____________ is a 3D object that allows the visible light spectrum to pass through.
Prism
The term __________ is any substance that a wave moves through.
A. Mean
B. Medium
C. Mode
B. Medium
The term ____________ is a rapid, back-and-forth motion.
Vibration.
The most energetic, high-frequency form of electromagnetic radiation :
A. UV
B. Radio
C. Gamma
C. Gamma
What do we call a material that a a wave moves through?
A. Small
B. Medium
C. Electron cloud
B. Medium
The light rays striking the mirror bounce back by :
Reflection
Waves that transfer energy through matter are known as ___________ waves.
A. Mechanical
B. Longitudinal
C. Traverse
A.Mechanical
The CHANGE in pitch that occurs when the source or the receiver of a sound is moving.
A. Coriolis effect
B. Doppler effect
C. Sonic Boom
C. Doppler effect.
_______________ waves pass through soft tissues but being absorbed by dense materials like bone, making them essential for medical imaging.
A. Ultraviolet
B. infrared
C. X-ray
C. X-ray
This wave can cause sunburn:
A. Gamma
B. Radio
C. Ultraviolet
C. Ultraviolet
A convex lens causes parallel light rays to meet at a focal point. A concave lens causes parallel light rays to?
Spread out.
The height from rest to crest/trough)
A. Frequency
B. Wavelength
C. Amplitude
C. amplitude
What is the name of a unit that measures the SOUND ?
A. Hertz
B. Amplitude
C. Decibel
Decibel, or Db.
______ can heat food by causing water molecules to vibrate rapidly, without making the food radioactive.
A. Gamma
B. Visible light
C. Microwave
C. microwave
__________ waves that are emitted by all objects with a temperature, including the human body, the Sun, and fire.
A. Radio
B. Infrared
C. ultraviolet
B. Infrared
The distance is measured in terms of a ________ ________, which is the distance from the center of the lens is:
A. Focal point
B. Prism
C. Refraction glasses
A.Focal point.
The colors of the visible light spectrum acronym:
ROYGBIV
________ waves are created by vibrating objects
A. Light
B. Sound
C. Solar waves
B. Sound
_________waves are a type of electromagnetic radiation with the lowest frequencies and the longest wavelengths.
A. gamma
B. radio
C. Ultraviolet
B. Radio
Name all 7 EM spectrums in order: slowest to fastest
(1)Radio waves, (2)microwaves, (3)infrared light, (4)visible light, (5)ultraviolet light, (6)x-rays and (7)gamma rays.
Primary colors include what 3 colors?
(Red, Green, Blue)