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General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Experimental Design
Light
Metric Tools
100
What is a periodic disturbance that transfers energy?
a wave
100
What is the highest point of a wave?
crest
100

The thing that is changed in an experiment.  

Independent Variable

100
What type of waves are light waves?
electromagnetic
100

The metric system is based on what number? 

10
200
What is the physical environment that waves occur in?
medium
200
What is the lowest point of a wave?
trough
200

Number of variables that can be changed. 

one

200
What is the bending of a light wave as it passes from one medium into a different medium?
refraction
200

What is the unit to measure length in the metric system? 

meter

300
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
mechanical waves
300
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
wavelength
300

The dependent variable is the things that is ___________________

measured

300
What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
gamma rays
300

How many centimeters in 1 meter? 

100

400
What are waves where the particles move perpendicular to the direction of motion?
transverse waves
400
What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?
amplitude
400

Things that are kept the same in an experiment. 

constants

400

What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

radio waves

400

What is the best unit to measure the mass of an elephant? 

kilogram

500
What is the medium for seismic waves?
earth/dirt
500

Waves that have a shorter wavelength have what TWO properties?  

Higher Frequency

Higher Energy

500

Write a hypothesis for the following in correct format:

Can reading higher level books help you learn more complex vocabulary words? 

If you read higher level books, then you will increase the complexity of your vocabulary.  

500

Light waves can travel as __________or as ______________

it can travel as waves or particles

500

What is the difference between mass and weight? 

Mass is the amount of matter in an object and does not change. 

Weight is dependent on gravity and can change.