Vocabulary
Position a transverse or longitudinal wave would sit if there was no energy disturbance
Rest
A diagram of light bending when it passes through an object represents...
Refraction
Frosted glass is an example of a _____ material
Translucent
A sound wave travels fastest through a _______.
Solid
Visible light changes color based on the light wave's ______.
Frequency
A disturbance that travels through space and matter transferring energy
Wave
A diagram of light passing through a small opening and then bending represents...
Diffraction
Light energy can travel through matter or open space, this is an ____________ wave.
Electromagnetic
Sound energy can only travel through a medium, which means it is a __________ wave.
Mechanical
A sound waves amplitude determines the ____ of the sound.
Volume
The lowest point a wave sinks below rest position
Trough
A diagram of light hitting an object and spreading out in all directions represents...
Scattering
A light wave moves perpendicular to the light energy, this is a _________ wave.
Transverse
A sound wave moves parallel to the sound energy, this means it is a _________ wave.
Longitudinal
A light appears dim or bright because of the light wave's __________.
Amplitude.
When particles are close together in a longitudinal wave
Compression
Which is not an example of reflection:
-Looking in a mirror
-Light from a hallway coming into a room
-An image of trees appearing in a calm lake
-Light from a hallway coming into a room is diffraction
Red
The lower the wave frequency, the ______ the pitch.
Lower
A sound has a higher pitch when the wave has a _____________.
Higher frequency
The distance between a point on one wave and the same point on the next wave
Wavelength
Which light behavior is demonstrated when sunlight soaks into pavement in a parking lot?
Absorption
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see is called ________ __________.
Visible light
Amplitude
The distance from rest to the highest point on a transverse wave is the __________.
Amplitude