Waves info.
If the amplitude is high, the energy is _____
High
If a shirt reflects all colors, what color is the shirt?
White
sound waves cannot carry energy through this
A vacuum/space
The distance from peak to peak
What is wavelength?
Electromagnetic waves travel fastest in this. air, water, solids or vacuum?
What is a Vacuum?
High frequency waves have _______ wavelengths.
Low
What color absorbs all light?
Black
This type of wave requires a medium and the energy moves in the same direction (parallel) to the medium
Compression waves or longitudinal( sound) or mechanical
The lowest point of a transverse wave
What is the trough?
Highest energy waves on the electromagnetic spectrum.
What are gamma rays?
A category of waves that can travel through a medium or a vacuum
Electromagnetic waves
What visible color is has the longest wavelength?
Red
when a wave strikes a surface and bounces off is called
What is reflection?
The measurement of a wave from the resting line to the crest. Height of a wave.
Amplitude
What are the lowest energy waves on the electromagnetic spectrum? (Largest wavelength)
What is a radio wave?
If the velocity is 10cm/second, what is the frequency for 2 seconds (wavelength-2)?
20cm
What visible color has the shortest wavelength?
Purple/Violet
Every wave, regardless of type or medium, transfers this
What is energy?
The number of wavelengths that pass a given point per second.
What is frequency?
This type of wave vibrates matter in the opposite direction from how the wave is moving.
What is a transverse wave?
As wavelength increases, energy does what
What is decreases?
What are the two waves right before visible light and right after visible light on the Electromagnetic spectrum
Infrared and Ultraviolet
how a wave bends as it moves from one medium into another
Refraction
Highest part of a wave is called ____.
Crest
EM waves are an example of this type of wave
transverse wave