Wave Properties
Types of Waves
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Wave characteristics
EM Waves
100
This is the highest point on a wave.
Crest
100
Transverse and Longitudinal waves are both types of this wave.
Mechanical Wave
100
This is the only portion of the EM spectrum visible to the human eye.
Visible Light
100
This is the force that brings the motion of an oscillator toward its equilibrium position.
Restoring force
100
Yellow light has more energy than blue light.
False
200
This is the distance from crest to crest or trough to trough.
Wavelength
200
This is a wave that does NOT require a medium to pass through.
Electromagnetic wave
200
These EM waves have the shortest wavelength and highest energy.
Gamma waves
200
Wavelength and frequency are _?_ related.
Inversely
200
Sunscreen protects your skin from sunburn. For sunscreen to be effective, it must block or absorb what?
Ultraviolet light
300
This is a wave in which the motion is perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling.
Longitudinal Wave
300
This is a wave in which there are repeating areas of compressions and rarefactions.
Longitudinal Wave
300
These are the colors of light found in white light arranged from least energy to highest energy.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
300
Which of the following are NOT a property of waves?
Frequency, Amplitude, Weight, Speed
Weight
300
What are the 3 primary colors of light?
Red, green, blue
400
This is the maximum displacement caused by a wave.
Amplitude
400
What types of waves require a medium in order to be transmitted?
Mechanical Waves
400
These are the waves on the EM spectrum used in nightvision goggles.
Infrared waves
400
A sound wave, generated at a frequency of 440 hertz has a wavelength of 2.3 meters as it travels through a solid material. The speed of the wave is ?
1,012 m/s
400
If white light falls upon a piece of blue cloth, the cloth absorbs what?
All colors but blue, reflecting the blue light.
500
The amount of times a wave repeats in a given amount of time.
Frequency
500
All electromagnetic waves travel at this speed.
300,000,000 m/s (speed of light)
500
These are the waves on the EM spectrum used to kill microscopic organisms on various objects and surfaces.
ultraviolet waves
500
Energy and amplitude are _?_ related.
Directly
500
The normal