Waves Vocab
The length between each crest and crest or trough and trough
Wave length
Amplitude label
meters
Order of planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name all the EM waves
Absorption, Reflection, Diffraction, Refraction
Homozygous genotype means what
Both letters are the same
How many times a wave passes through in a certain interval of time
frequency
Wavelength Label
meters
What causes planets to orbit
the gravity of the sun
This EM wave can transfer light energy to matter, can sometimes make things warmer, and waves can go through mediums
absorptions
what does heterogyous mean
Both letters are different
the height of a wave from the starting point
amplitude
Frequency Label
Hz
what happens during a solar eclipse
the moon blocks the sun
When a wave strikes an object or surface and bounces off/ reflects off an object
reflection
A homogoyous Tall person is bred with a ressive short person. What is the phenotype of their kids
100% tall
Material a wave goes through
Medium
Mass Label
kilograms
what happens during a lunar eclipse
The Earth blocks the sun's light casting a shadow on the moon
This wave bends around a barrier and the amount a wave diffracts depends on it's wave length
diffraction
If you cross two purebred tall people, what will the children be
All of the will be tall
longitudinal waves that travel through a medium like air or water
Hint: They can be heard
Sound Waves
Weight Label
newtons
lunar eclipse position
Sun, Earth, Moon
The bending of a wave as it moves from one medium to another.
Refraction
you cross a two tall heterogynous people, what are the children
25% - short
75% - tall