Light waves
What are light waves?
refers to electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength, whether visible or not OR electromagnetic radiation, particularly radiation of a wavelength that is visible to the human eye.
What does sound cause?
Vibrations of particles
Back and forth
Mechanical waves need
a medium to travel through
What do electromagnetic waves travel through?
Air, solid, and space
What does Light waves not need to travel through?
a medium
Which medium moves the fastest through sound waves?
Solids
What are compressional waves?
a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted.
What are two types of Mechanical waves?
Transverse and longitudinal wave
Which ray is not an example of electromagnetic wave
A. radio waves
B. X-rays
C. Beta rays
D. Ultraviolet rays
C.
Light is a type of what?
Transverse wave
What are sound waves?
A wave of compression and rarefaction, by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium such as air.
Another word for Compressional waves are
Longitudinal waves
What happens when a mechanical wave travels through a medium?
Energy is transferred
Examples of electromagnetic waves:
Visible light, radio waves, ultraviolet, infrared, gamma rays, and X-rays
How does light travel?
Light travels in a straight line
Which medium moves the slowest through sound waves?
How do Compressional waves travel?
Left to right
Mechanical waves are
a disturbance in matter that transfers energy through the matter.
Electromagnetic waves are
Transverse waves
What travels the fastest through air?
Light
Another word for sound wave is
Acoustic wave
What do Compressional waves travel through?
Compressional waves can travel through solids and fluids.
What do Mechanical waves travel through?
Solids
What is an Electromagnetic wave?
A wave that can travel through space or matter and consists of changing electric and magnetic fields.