Wave Characteristics
The highest point on a transverse wave.
Crest
A wave that can travel through a vacuum.
Electromagnetic Wave
Something that is travelled through.
Medium
A space with no matter in it.
Vacuum
Cornea
A disturbance that carries energy from one place to another without the transfer of mater.
Wave
Red, Green, and Blue
Primary Colors
A wave that moves in the same direction as the vibration that created it.
Longitudinal Wave
The type of EM waves that give people sunburn.
Ultraviolet Waves
The snail shaped part of your inner ear.
Cochlea
The distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave.
Wavelength
Light bounces off a smooth surface and preserves an image.
Regular Reflection
The property of a sound wave that makes the sound louder when it gets higher.
Amplitude
The shortest an most dangerous Electromagnetic Waves.
Gamma Rays
The thin membrane in your ear that vibrates when it is hit by sound waves.
Eardrum
The formula for Hertz
Waves / Seconds
The bending of light when it changes mediums.
Refraction
The pitch of a sound goes up or down with its ...
Frequency
EM Waves with a wavelength between 400-700 nanometers.
Visible Light
The layer of cells in your eye that creates electricity when it is hit by light.
Retina
The property of a wave that increases as wavelength decreases.
Frequency (or Energy in the case of EM Waves)
Challenge: Explain why we see objects as different colors.
The object absorbs light from every wavelength of light except for the one that bounces back to our eyes. That wavelength is the color we see.
Challenge: Order the states of matter by how fast they carry sound waves.
Fastest to Slowest: Solids, Liquids, Gasses
Challenge: Name a use for every type of EM Wave
Radio Waves, Microwaves, Infrared Waves, Visible Light, Ultraviolet Waves, X Rays, Gamma Rays
The three smallest bones in the body.
Hammer, Anvil, and Stirrup