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General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Sound/Light
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Wave Behaviors
100

What is a vibration or disturbance that transfers energy?

a wave

100

What color of visible light has the lowest frequency?

red

100
What type of wave are sound waves?
longitudinal (mechanical)
100

All EM waves have the same ______________ in a vacuum. 

speed

100

Sound waves with high amplitude have ___________ sounds.  

louder

200

What does a longitudinal wave require in order to transfer energy? 

medium

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

What does the frequency of a sound wave measure? 

pitch

200

What is the smallest section of the EM Spectrum?

visible light

200

Higher pitch is caused by ______________ frequency. 

higher

300

What are waves the do not require a medium (such as light waves?

transverse waves

300

What is the bouncing back of a light wave after it hits a surface?

reflection

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 type of waves are light waves?

transverse

400

What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

radio waves

400

EM waves travel at the ________________ speeds but sound waves travel at _________________ speeds. 

same, different

500

What is the medium for seismic waves?

earth/dirt

500

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

refraction

500

What travels faster?  Light or sound waves?

light waves

500

Which EM waves are used to detect and treat cancer?

Gamma Rays

500

When a wave goes around something or through an opening. 

diffraction