Basic
The difference between two crests.
What Is wavelength?
Used for communication.
What are Radio Waves?
Used for studying celestial bodies.
What are UV waves?
The range of all types of electromagnetic radiation including the wavelengths of frequencies of visible and visible forms of energy.
Electromagnetic spectrum
The number of times a wave passes a certain point in a given amount of time.
What is Frequency?
Used for heating and data transmission.
What are Microwaves?
Used in medical instruments to view bone structure.
What are X-rays?
A movement of energy through a medium of space from one place to another.
What is a wave?
Used in remote controls and imaging applications.
What are Infrared-Waves
The transfer of energy in a motion that is perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling.
What are Transverse waves.
Measure of the size of the disturbance or a wave; height on the y-axis.
What is amplitude?
Allow us to see the world around us.
What is visible light?
Used in Medicine and in the nuclear industry.
What are Gamma Waves used in?