The solar system
The planet closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
Sound travels as this type of wave.
What is a longitudinal wave?
This type of wave is responsible for visible light.
What are electromagnetic waves?
The phase of the moon that is not visible from Earth
What is a New Moon?
This is the highest point of a wave.
What is the crest?
The hottest planet in our solar system.
What is Venus?
This is how high or low a sound is.
What is pitch?
This happens when light hits a shiny, smooth object.
What is reflection?
This much of the moon is always lit.
What is 50%?
What type of wave moves like a slinky.
What is a longitudinal wave?
This planet spins on its side.
What is Uranus?
This property affects how loud the wave is.
What is amplitude?
Light is this type of wave.
What is a transverse wave?
The cycle of the moon phases takes about how long.
What is 29.5 days (About a month)?
What are longitudinal and transverse waves?
The region between Mars and Jupiter filled with rocky objects.
What is the Asteroid Belt?
Sound cannot travel through this.
What is a vacuum?
The visible spectrum of light ranges from this color to this color.
what is red to violet?
This is what the lit part of the moon is called when it gets bigger.
What is waxing?
This is the distance from one trough to the next.
What is wavelength?
These two planets rotate in the opposite direction from most others.
What are Venus and Uranus?
This unit is used to measure frequency.
What is Hertz(Hz)?
Light is made of up of these tiny packets of energy.
What are photons?
More than half the moon is lit but not full.
What is a gibbous moon?
This is the bending of a wave as it changes speed as it moves from one medium to another.
What is Refraction?