amplitude is measured by a high _____, and low _____.
crest, through
Supersonic speed
What are the colors of visible light as seen by humans?
ROY G BIV, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
The distance from peak to peak
What is wavelength?
When a wave travels through a liquid, gas, or solid. The matter becomes a?
What is a Medium
High frequency waves have _______ pitch
High
Many insects and birds see in on what wave spectrum?
What is ultraviolet
It starts with a vibration
Sound waves
The lowest point of a transverse wave
What is the trough?
Transverse waves move ____________ to the direction of energy transferred.
What is perpendicular?
If the wavelength is 4 m and the velocity is 3 m/s, then the frequency of the wave is ?
V m/s= F Hz X £ m
.75 Hz
What visible colot has the longest wavelength?
What is Red
The time of a back and forth swing of the pendulum is called
a period
The measurement of a wave from the resting line to the crest.
Amplitude
EM waves are an example of this type of wave
What is a transverse wave?
If the wavelength is 5 m and the frequency is 5 hz, what is the wave velocity?
V m/s= F Hz X £ m
25 m/s
Visible color light that has the shortest wave length
Blue, indigo, violet end of the rainbow
Every wave, regardless of type or medium, transfers this
What is energy?
The number of wavelengths that pass a given point per second.
What is frequency?
This type of wave vibrates matter in the opposite direction from how the wave is moving.
What is a transverse wave?
The lowest frequency we can hear is about 20 Hz. Calculate the wavelength associated with this frequency for sound that travels at 340 m/s. How long is the wavelength?
V m/s= F Hz X £ m
17 meters
It is believed that 70 percent of the universe is made of what material?
What is dark energy
What is the equation to calculate wave speed?
V= wavelength x Frequency
The points where a wave crosses the resting line
Nodes
This type of wave requires a medium and the energy moves in the same direction (parallel) to the medium
Compression