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Types of Waves.
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Parts of a Wave.
Things that happen to waves.
True or False?
Miscellaneous.
(Fill in the Blank)
100
Electromagnetic waves are ________ waves.
What is TRANSVERSE
100
What is the trough of a wave?
The LOWEST part of a transverse wave.
100
the bending of waves, especially sound and light waves, around obstacles in their path.
What is DIFFRACTION
100

The speed of light is 300,000,000 m/sec.

True

100
_____ rays have the highest frequency.
What is GAMMA
200
_______ waves cannot be seen, are felt as heat, and have a lower frequency than visible red light.
What is INFRARED.
200
What is the crest of a wave?
The HIGHEST part of a transverse wave.
200

the process in which two or more light, sound, or electromagnetic waves of the same frequency combine or cancel each other

What is INTERFERENCE.

200
Electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum.
What is True.
200
sound rays are not included in the ______________ spectrum.
What is ELECTROMAGNETIC
300

______ waves are the highest frequency visible light waves.

What is VIOLET.

300
What is amplitude?
The maximum that particles of a medium move away from their rest position as a wave passes through the medium. (height of a wave)
300

A change in direction of one or more waves when they pass through different mediums.

What is REFRACTION.

300

Speed= wavelength x frequency 

True

300

Electromagnetic energy can travel through _______ 

space

400

_____ waves are electromagnetic waves with the longest wavelength and the lowest frequency.

What is RADIO

400
What is wavelength?
The length between two waves.
400

The bending of a wave as it moves around an obstacle or passes through a narrow opening

diffraction 

400

The Doppler effect observes the waves amplitude

What is FALSE. It observes the waves frequency 

400

Higher Amplitude is related to ____ energy.

What is higher

500
Electromagnetic waves can be transmitted through all phases of ______
What is MATTER
500

What are the 3 parts of a longitudinal wave? Define the parts.

Compression: where the particles are close together

Rarefaction: where the particles are spread apart

Wavelength: one complete wave

500

When the particles of a wave move closer together.

What is COMPRESSION

500

The movement of plate tectonics creates seismic waves that are capable of traveling through a vacuum. 


What is false. Correct Answer: rock

500
____________ rays are responsible for sunburns.
What is ULTRA-VIOLET.