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General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Sound
Light
Colors
100

What does frequency measure in a wave?

What is the number of wave cycles passing a fixed point per unit of time?

100
What is the highest point of a wave?
crest
100
What type of wave are sound waves?
longitudinal (mechanical)
100
What type of waves are light waves?
electromagnetic
100
What is the bouncing back of a light wave after it hits a surface?
reflection
200

 What does the amplitude of a wave measure?


What is the maximum displacement of particles in the medium from their equilibrium position as the wave passes through?


200
What is the lowest point of a wave?
trough
200

 Which part of the body detects sound waves?


 What are ears


200
What is the bending of a light wave as it passes from one medium into a different medium?
refraction
200
What is the speed that waves travel at?
frequency
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
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
amplitude
300
What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
gamma rays
300
What determines what color of visible light we see?
the frequency of the wave
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
What determines the pitch of a sound?
the frequency of the wave
400
What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?
sound waves
400

 What are the three colors that can be combined to create all other colors in the visible spectrum?


What are red, blue, and green


500

 In which type of wave do the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave?


 What is a transverse wave


500
What is the time it takes for a wave to complete one cycle?
period
500
What causes sound waves?
vibrations
500

 What is the dark area that forms when an object blocks light?


What is a shadow


500

What natural phenomenon occurs when sunlight is refracted, dispersed, and reflected by water droplets in the atmosphere, creating a spectrum of colors?

What is a rainbow?