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Name that Wave
Parts of a Wave
Waves Interacting
This and That
Vocabulary
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1.100 A disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space
What is a wave
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2.100 The maximum distance that the particles of a medium vibrate from rest (the height of the wave)
What is amplitude
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3.100 The bouncing back of light is called...
What is reflection
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4.100 Light waves are__________________waves
What is electromagnetic
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5.100 Why does the doppler effect occur? (what happens to frequency and pitch)
frequency and pitch increase as the object moves toward you and lower as the object moves away
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1.200 Waves that need a medium for travel
What is mechanical wave
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2.200 The distance between two crests or compressions in a wave
What is wavelength
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3.200 Through war part of the eye does light enter?
What is the pupil
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4.200 A sound that consists of a random mix of frequencies
What is noise
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5.200 The reflection of sound
What is echo
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1.300 Waves that can transfer energy without a medium
What is electromagnetic wave
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2.300 The number of waves produced in a given amount of time
What is frequency
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3.300 The 4 basic wave interactions are...
What is diffraction, refraction, interference, reflection
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4.300 The formula for speed of a wave
What is speed = wavelength x frequency
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5.300 Part of the ear that is set into vibration by air molecules
What is eardrum
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1.400 A type of wave that has motion at right angles to the direction of the wave
What is transverse wave
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2.400 Sound waves are ____________ waves
What is longitudinal and/or mechanical
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3.400 The back surface of the eye which detects the images is the...
What is retina
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4.400 Will a wave with a long wavelength have a low or high frequency
What is low
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5.400 On what does the pitch of sound depend?
What is frequency
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1.500 A type of wave that has motion parallel to the direction of the wave
What is longitudinal wave
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2.500 On what does the loudness of a sound depend
What is amplitude of a wave
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3.500 Which is faster in air speed of sound or light
What is light
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4.500 List he waves in the electromagnetic spectrum beginning with the longest.
What is radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays
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5.500 On what does the loudness of sound depend?
What is amplitude