Mechanical Waves
A sound wave is this type of mechanical wave.
What is longitudinal?
Rainbows are typically created by the property of light called
What is refraction?
If a device encodes information into a binary system, it is this kind of device.
What is digital?
The electromagnetic spectrum is divided by this part of a wave
What is wavelength?
If the frequency of a wave increases, this value of this wave property will decrease.
What is wavelength?
When light goes around an object and bends, this is called
What is diffraction?
If each additional copy of an item becomes more and more degraded, that copy is likely a(n) _______ copy.
An echo is an example of this characteristic of wave movement.
What is reflection?
After a longitudinal wave goes through a period of compression, it then forms a period of ________.
What is rarefaction?
The light that we can see is contained in this part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is visible light?
If an analog signal becomes altered or changed during a long-distance transmission, one might say it went through...
What is interference?
Going through a medium impacts the ________ of a wave.
What is speed?
Changing the amplitude of a sound wave changes the _________ of the sound, whereas changing the amplitude of a LIGHT wave changes the _________ of the light.
If a ray of light can go through a medium without being impacted at all, this is called
What is transmission?
A digital piano keyboard is a great example of a(n) ________ device that transmits a(n) __________ signal.
What is a digital device and an analog signal?
A pencil appearing to bend in water is due to this type of wave movement.
What is refraction?