General Wave Info
What is the physical environment that waves occur in?
medium
What is the lowest point of a wave?
trough
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
pitch
What is the bending of a light wave as it passes from one medium into a different medium?
refraction
What is the speed that waves travel at?
frequency
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
mechanical waves
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
wavelength
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
amplitude
What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
gamma rays
What determines what color of visible light we see?
the frequency of the wave
What are waves where the particles move perpendicular to the direction of motion?
transverse waves
What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?
Amplitude
What determines the pitch of a sound?
the frequency of the wave
What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?
sound wave
What is the law of reflection?
The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
What is the medium for seismic waves?
earth/dirt
What is the time it takes for a wave to complete one cycle?
period
What causes sound waves?
vibrations
Why does light have a "dual nature?"
it can behave as waves or particles
What is the difference between a concave and a convex mirror?
Concave curves inward and compresses the image. Convex curves outward and stretches out the image.