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General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Sound
Light
interactions
100
What is a periodic disturbance that transfers energy?
a wave
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 is the physical environment that waves occur in?
medium
200

Longitudinal waves have points where the medium is close together and far apart, called ________ and ________. 

compression and rarefraction 

200
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
pitch
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?

the energy of the wave

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

What determines what color of visible light we see?

the light waves that are not absorbed, but reflected
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?

radio waves

400
What is the law of reflection?
The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
500

A sound wave is classified as a ________________ or _____________ wave. A light wave is classified as a _________ or ____________ wave

longitudinal/mechanical

electromagnetic/transverse 

500

What is the time it takes for a wave to complete one cycle?

frequency 
500
What causes sound waves?
vibrations
500

Give three examples of waves on the electromagnetic spectrum. Include which are low frequency and which are higher frequency. 

radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, UV, x-rays, gamma rays 

500
What is the difference between a concave and a convex mirror?
Concave curves inward and compresses the image. Convex curves outward and stretches out the image.