Name
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.
waves
What is a mechanical wave?
One that travels as an oscillation of a medium.
What speed does light travel at?
3,000,000 m/s
What is Absorption
The transfer of light energy to matter.
A wave consisting of electric and magnetic fields.
Electromagnetic Waves
What is the Equilibrium line?
The line where the 2 amplitudes meet OR the line going through the middle of the wave.
According to the spectrum does radio have a higher frequency than ultraviolet?
No!!!:)
Opaque materials do not...
let any light pass through them because they reflect light, absorb light, or both.
The use of echoes to find food or other objects.
Echolocation
What is compression?
The movement of particles pressing together.
What are 3 examples of electromagnetic waves?
Solar Radiation, Terrestrial Radiation and Artificial Radiation.
What is Reflection?
the bouncing of light off a surface.
Damage to any structure in the ear through illness of injury.
Hearing Loss
What is an example of a longitudinal wave? (based on google doc)
Sound waves
What type of wave is an electromagnetic wave?;)
Transverse Wave
What does reflection bounce against?
Smooth surfaces
Vibrating electric and magnetic fields that transfer energy through space.
Light Waves
What is rarefaction?
The movement of particles expanding from each other.
What does an electromagnetic wave do?
They transfer energy throughout space or matter.
irregular reflections are...
what happens when the surface is not straight.