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Wave Anatomy
Mechanical or Electromagnetic
Sound
Sight
Wave Properties
100
highest point of a transverse wave
What is the crest
100
radio waves
What are electromagnetic waves
100
This part of the ear includes your ear canal, ear drum, and what you visibly see of your ear
What is outer ear
100
Colors of light waves that we can see
What are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
100
Bending of light
What is refraction
200
half the distance between the crest and trough
What is amplitude
200
visible light
What are electromagnetic waves
200
this portion of your ear is connected to nerves that transmit sound to the brain
What is inner ear
200
Back part of your eye that transmits signals to the optic nerve
What is retina
200
bouncing back of a wave
What is reflection
300
the lowest part of a transverse wave
What is the trough
300
sound waves
What is mechanical waves
300
The reason why sound waves are considered to be mechanical waves
What is they must travel through matter (air, walls, etc.)
300
Thin transparent layer of the outside of the eye
What is cornea
300
Name 3 types of transmission
What is opaque, translucent, transparent
400
Define wavelength
What is the distance from crest to crest or trough to trough, the distance from one spot on a wave to the same spot on the next wave
400
a slinky moving
What is mechanical wave
400
The purpose of the outer ear
What is to direct sound waves into your ear canal
400
Portion of the eye that focuses light waves onto the back of the eye
What is lens
400
bending of light around an object
What is diffraction
500
Define frequency
What is the number of waves that pass a certain point in a given amount of time, measured in hertz
500
waves that travel through matter (think before you answer)
What are mechanical and electromagnetic
500
These are the names of the 3 smallest bones in your body, which are found in your ear
What are stirup, anvil, and hammer
500
Transmits vision to the brain
What is optic nerve
500
opposite of transmission
What is absorption