Parts of a Wave
Amplitude
Wavelength and Frequency
Parts of a Wave #2
Wave Vocabulary
Wave Interactions
Light and Sound
Light and Sound #2
100

The highest part of a wave

crest

100

If the amplitude of a wave increases, what happens to the energy of the wave?

Energy increases

100

Which wave has a higher frequency?

A

100

Which letter represents the trough?

B

100

A wave that has a disturbance that moves in the same direction as the wave travels

Longitudinal wave

100

To bounce off

reflect

100

What type of wave is this? 

Longitudinal

100

When light hits a mirror, how does it interact with the mirror?

Reflects

200

The lowest part of a wave

trough

200

If the amplitude of a wave decreases, what happens to the energy of the wave?

Energy decreases

200

Which wave has a longer wavelength?

B

200

Which letter represents the amplitude?

C

200
A wave that has a disturbance which is perpendicular to the direction that the wave travels

Transverse wave

200

To pass through

transmit

200

What type of wave is this? 

Transverse

200

When light hits a window, how does it interact with the window?

Transmits

300

The height of a wave (from line of origin to crest or line of origin to trough)

amplitude

300

Which wave has more energy?

Wave A

300

If the wavelength of a wave increases, what happens to frequency?

Frequency decreases

300

Which letter represents the crest?

A

300

The material a wave travels through

Medium

300

To take in

absorb

300

Is sound a transverse or longitudinal wave?

Longitudinal

300

When all colors of light are reflected, what do we see?

White

400

The distance between two waves (from crest to crest or trough to trough)

wavelength

400

Which wave has more energy?

Wave A

400

If the wavelength of a wave decreases, what happens to the frequency?

Frequency increases

400

Which letter represents the line of origin?

E

400

True or False:  Sound waves can travel through empty space

False

400

To bend

refract

400

Is light a transverse or longitudinal wave?

Transverse

400

A special material is used in movie theaters, so we can hear the movie clearly without noise from outside.  What is happening to the sound when it interacts with the material?

It's absorbed

500

The middle of a wave where the wave is at rest

line of origin

500

If the amplitude of a wave increases, how does it affect the frequency of the wave?

No effect

500

The number of wave cycles that pass a given point per unit of time (one second)

Frequency

500

Which letter represents the wavelength?

D

500

True or False: Light waves require a medium to travel through

False

500

When a material absorbs light, what happens to the material?

it changes

500

What do we call a sound that reflects?

Echo

500
Why does a cucumber appear green to us?

Green light is reflected and all other colors are absorbed by the cucumber

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