Light
Wave characteristics
Electromagnetic spectrum
More light
More waves
100
Light bouncing off a surface
What is reflection
100
The top of the wave
What is a crest
100
Visible light is split into how many colors?
What is 7
100
When light bounces off a straight surface, it bounces at ________ angles
What is equal
100
Waves transport __________
What is energy
200
Light bending
What is refraction
200
The bottom of a wave
What is a trough
200
The color that has the shortest wavelength
What is violet
200
A material that you can see through
What is transparent
200
Waves that move up and down
What is transverse waves
300
Light doesn't need ________ to travel through
What is a medium
300
Distance from crest to crest or trough to trough
What is wavelength
300
The color that has the longest wavelength
What is red
300
A material that you can't see through
What is opaque
300
Waves that move in the same direction as the energy
What is longitudinal waves
400
Prisms split white light into ___________
What is the color spectrum or a rainbow of colors
400
The height of a wave (midpoint to crest or trough to crest)
What is amplitude
400
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that has the shortest wavelength
What is gamma rays
400
A material that you can see through a little, but not all the details
What is translucent
400
Waves that need a medium to travel through
What is mechanical waves
500
The seven colors of visible light
What are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet
500
Number of crests that pass a certain point in a period of time
What is frequency
500
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that has the longest wavelength
What is radio waves
500
Light being absorbed by different materials
What is absorption
500
Sound is different from light because sound is a ________ wave and light is a ________ wave
What is mechanical and electromagnetic
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