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The height of a wave
What is amplitude?
These waves must have a medium to travel through
What is a mechanical wave?
The ability to do work
What is energy?
When light hits an object and is taken in.
What is absorption?
The brain of an electronic device
What is a microchip?
The distance between wave peaks
What is wavelength?
When light bounces off of an object
What is reflection?
Objects that block light from passing through
What is an opaque object?
A number series that consist of 1 and 0
What is the Binary Number system?
A signal sent through the air to send and receive information
What is a radio wave?
Objects that allow light to pass through them
What is a transparent object?
The bottom of a wave
What is the trough?
The unit of measurement for a wave
What is hertz?
Tiny lights that make up the screens of our devices which can be turned on and off to form an image
What are pixels?
This makes a thermometer appear to be two separate pieces when placed in a liquid
What is refraction?
A lens that refracts light toward a center point
What is a convex lens?
An object that allows light to pass through, but scatters the light and is not seen clearly through
What is a translucent object?
A lens that refracts light outward
What is a concave lens?
The bending of light as it passes from one material to another
What is refraction?
This light is made of every color of light
What is white light?
A wave that can travel through a vacuum or empty space
What is an electromagnetic wave?
When the disturbance moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave: the wave moves up and down
What is a transverse wave?
When the disturbance parallel to the direction of the wave: when a wave moves back and forth
What is a longitudinal wave?
The number of waves that pass a fixed place in a given amount of time
What is frequency?
A piece of glass that refracts light into colors
What is a prism?