Types of Waves
What wave needs a medium to travel through?
A mechanical wave.
What is the frequency?
How many times the wave moves up and down in a period of time.
Which color of wave lengths is the longest?
RED
Who made this?
DEVY LOUISE JOSEPHINE SHAHNOOR AVERY
What is a wave?
A wave is a pattern that transfers energy from one place to another.
True or False: Sound is not a mechanical waves.
False
What is amplitude?
Which color of wave lengths is the shortest?
VIOLET OR PURPLE
What state of matter does sound travel fastest through?
Solids
What is the absence of light?
Black
True Or False: Electromagnetic waves need a medium to travel through.
False
What is the wave crest?
The top of the wave or the highest point of one.
What makes up white light?
All wavelengths of visible light
What is the chemical symbol for gold.
(DON'T LOOK AT THE PERIODIC TABLE)
*you will be disqualified
The correct answer is Au
What is refraction?
Light bending through water or a prism.
Do transverse or longitudinal waves go up and down while the energy moves forward?
Transverse
What is the lowest point of a wave
Wave Trough
What happens when a light wave bounces off an object.
It gets reflected.
Name all the colors on the Visible spectrum?
ROY G BIV (Rainbow)
What are light rays?
Light traveling in straight lines.
Name an example of an electromagnetic wave.
Sunlight, radio signals, micro waves.
What is the middle of a wave?
The Resting Place
Are you able to see microwaves?
No
What happens to sound waves in space?
You can't hear any sound.
Can absorption of a wave's energy turn into heat?
Yes