Vocabulary
Wave Properties
Scenarios
Challenge
SPORTS
Potpourri
100

What is another word for "to give off"?

Emit

100

What do we call the distance from peak to peak of a wave?

Wavelength

100

Your friend shows you a special kind of paper that can change color. He says that it will change color if it is out in the sun. How is this possible?

The paper can take in (absorb) energy from the light, causing it to change color.

100

Why are plants green?

Plants reflect green light

100

You need this many outs for a baseball inning to be over.

3

100

He had the shortest term of any US president

William Henry Harrison

200

A type of light that has a shorter wavelength than purple light. This ray from the sun that can cause skin cancer. 

Ultraviolet

200

A higher frequency wave will have a ________ wavelength.

Shorter

200

Sunscreen ___________ ultraviolet from the sun which protects our __________. 

Absorbs, genetic material

200

Objects with more mass require ______ force to travel the same velocity as an object with less mass.

More

200

The LA Rams used to call these 2 cities home.

St. Louis and Cleveland 

200

In Harry Potter, Harry receives a scar from this person

Lord Voldemort 

300

_______ carries energy from one place to another.

Light

300

Property of a wave that determines the type of wave

Wavelength

300

Mr. Mailly is shopping for sunscreen. He's trying to decide on the 20 spf or 50 spf. Which one should he get and why?

50 spf because it will protect his skin by a factor of 50 more than without sunscreen. 

300

How does fiber optic communication work?

Fiber-optic cables are made of strands of reflective glass coated with a protective substance. Sound waves are converted to digital waves. The light bounces along inside the strands of glass.

300

This is how many yards you need for a first down in football

10

300

If you're playing golf and want the ball to go the farthest, you'll probably use this club.

Driver

400

The number of peaks of a wave that pass by per second.

Frequency

400

What changes the intensity of a wave?

Amplitude

400

Jimmy says the black crow is reflecting all colors of light and that's why it is black. Is this true?

False. The crow is absorbing all colors of light. 

400

How is a rainbow formed?

Visible light rays from the sun reflecting and refracting at different angles through a raindrop

400

If you score an Eagle in golf, you are this many strokes under par

2

400

If you score 3 goals in hockey game you have done this

A Hat Trick

500

When a light ray hits a surface, what are three directions it could go? What are the three words to describe those directions? 

1. Absorb - take in

2. Reflect - bounce off

3. Transmit - go through

500

Curved line that shows the characteristics of a wave

Waveform

500

Will is learning about a new kind of plastic used to make models. He learns that infrared light is absorbed by the plastic, X-ray light is transmitted through the plastic, and visible light is reflected off the plastic. Will wonders if the plastic will melt if he shines the lights on it. 

The plastic will melt with infrared light only.

500

The ray with the smallest wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum is called?

Gamma rays

500

This team won the first ever college basketball game and this was the score.

Vanderbilt won 9-6

500

This was the most common girl's baby name of 2011

Sophia