Types of Waves
This wave has the lowest frequency and the longest wavelength.
What is a radio wave.
Measures the distance between peaks.
What is a wavelength.
This is an energy beam that moves in wavelengths.
What is light.
This is the occurrence when a light ray hits a surface and bounces off.
What is reflect.
This type of object allows all light to pass through.
What is transparent.
This wave is shorter than radio wave, and is measured in centimeters.
What is microwaves.
The bottom part of a wave.
What is trough
This is light that is produced by lamps.
What is artificial light.
This is the bending of a wave resulting from a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another.
What is refract.
This is when an object allows some light to pass through.
What is translucent.
This is the transfer of energy in a motion that is perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling.
What is a transverse wave.
The top of the wave.
What is the crest.
This type of light is generated naturally by the sun, visible light.
What is natural light.
To transfer, pass, and spread light.
What is transmit.
This is when an object allows no light to pass through.
What is opaque.
This is how often an event repeats itself over a set amount of time.
What is frequency.
This color has the longest wavelength.
What is red.
This is the only part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see.
What is visible light.
To take in.
What is absorb.
This has the highest frequency and the shortest wavelength.
What is a Gamma Ray.
This is all of the different sized waves of energy traveling outward from the sun, as well as from other objects in the universe.
This color has the shortest wavelength.
What is violet.
This is the basic unit that makes up a light, a particle.
What is a proton.
This is longer than light that humans can see, but shorter than microwaves.
What is infrared.
This is a powerful waves of energy that can go through substances that light cannot.
What is X-ray.