Waves General
This type of wave can travel through space and matter.
Electromagnetic
The top of the wave is called the _____.
Crest.
Which type of electromagnetic waves has the longest wavelengths?
Radio Waves
Light waves are what main type of waves?
Sound waves are what main type of waves?
Mechanical
What type of material, based on how light interacts with it, is tissue paper?
Transluscent.
This is measured by counting the number of wavelengths that pass a point in one second.
Frequency
The line perpendicular to the surface of a smooth surface at the point where a wave hits the surface is called
People tint their windows to encourage...
Absorption.
decibels.
These type of waves are made when charged particles vibrate.
Electromagnetic
The intensity of light is measured by ________ and intensity of sound is measured by ___________.
brightness, loudness
When a wave changes speed when moving from one medium into another.
Refraction
How much of the energy from the sun reaches the earth?
A small fraction.
The intensity of a sound will do what as the wave spreads out from the source of the sound?
Decrease.
This part of the ear contains three small bones.
Middle Ear
Which light waves compose white light?
All of the different wavelengths.
This part of the ear converts vibrations to nerve signals.
Inner ear.
Light enters the eye through the...
Cornea
This is the part of a sound wave where the particles of the medium are closest together.
Compression.
This part of the eye is colored.
What is measured by how far a wave varies from its rest?
Amplitude
Increase.
What part of the eye controls the amount of light that enters your eye?
The iris.
This part of the ear amplifies the sound.
The middle ear.