Light
Sound
Waves
Other
100

A lens that focuses light

Convex lens

100

The highness or lowness of sound

Pitch

100

A way of transferring energy from one place to another

Wave
100

To bend light or sound waves as they pass through different mediums

Refract

200
A lens that causes light to spread out

Concave lens

200

T or F

Low pitches are made by high-frequency sound waves

F


High pitches are made by high-frequency sound waves

200
The highest point of a wave
Peak
200

To bounce energy off an object

Reflect

300

T or F

low-frequency waves have shorter wavelengths and travel faster than high-frequency waves

F

low-frequency waves have longer wavelengths and travel slower than high-frequency waves

300
T or F

high amplitudes = loud

low amplitudes = soft

T

300

The distance between two peaks in a wave

Wavelength
300

The number of wave peaks that pass by a given point every second

Frequency

400

The way which light travels; a wave in which the vibration is side to side or up and down

Transverse Wave

400

The way which sound travels; a wave in which the vibration is forward and backward

Longitudinal Wave

400

The height of a wave

Amplitude

400

A form of wave energy that has both electrical and magnetic properties

Electromagnetic radiation

500

List the colors of the visible spectrum in correct order

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

500
T or F


Sound is NOT electromagnetic radiation, but light is.

True

500

The matter through which energy waves travel

Medium

500

The entire wavelength range of electromagnetic radiation

Electromagnetic spectrum