Reflection
Refraction
Absorption/Transmission
Characteristics & Properties of Waves
Vocabulary
100

If the angle of reflection is 45 degrees, then this is the angle of incidence

What is 45 degrees?

100

This is the only electromagnetic energy that can be seen by the naked eye

What is light?

100

It's what happens to light when it shines on a non-smooth surface

What is reflects at various angles?

100

A wave transports _______  from one place to another

What is energy?

100

When a mirror is thicker in the center than it is on the edge, it is said to be this

What is convex?

200

This color reflects all light because it contains all colors of light.

What is white?

200

True or false:  light waves bend when they pass from one medium to another

What is true

200

This color absorbs all colors of light

what is black

200

If a wavelength was .25 meters, then this is the number of waves that will be formed in 1 meter

What is 4

200

This is the name of the substance a wave passes through

What is medium?

300

Of the 3 items given, the one with the most reflective surface

a wooden door

a  window

a concrete slab



What is a window?

300

True or false:  Light only travels in a straight line.

What is true?

300

Light energy, when it is absorbed, is converted to this type of energy

What is heat energy?

300

The sound coming from a trumpet is an example of this kind of wave


What is longitudinal?

300

The word for the distance from resting to the crest or the trough of a wave

what is the amplitude?

400

The number of degrees that a mirror will reflect light

what is 90 degrees?

400

When light travels through a convex lens, the image does this

what is get smaller?

400

convex is to converge as concave is to this

what is diverge?

400
Unlike sunlight, sound waves cannot travel through outer space because it lacks this

what is a medium?

400

The term for light bending as it goes from one medium to another

What is refraction?

500

The reflection of an image viewed in a concave mirror will appear to be this

What is upside down?

500

This happens to light when it passes through a concave lens

The field appears larger

500

Of the following pieces of clothing, the one that reflects the most light.

black wool sweater                red silk blouse

white cotton t-shirt              blue cotton sweatshirt

What is white cotton t-shirt

500

Fill in the blank:

High frequency is to high pitch sound as

low frequency is to this

What is low pitch sounds

500

A magnifying glass is this shape of lens

What is convex?