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Question | Answer |
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What is light? | Light is energy that you can see. |
What is reflection? | Reflection is when light bounces off objects. |
What is refraction? | Refraction is the bending of light rays as they enter a new medium. |
What is the color spectrum? | The color spectrum are the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and. violet. Or Roy g biv. |
What is a crest? | The crest is the high point of the wave. |
What is the trough? | The trough is the low point of the wave. |
What is wave length? | Wave length is the measurement of the two crests or troughs between them. |
What is frequency? | Frequency is the number of waves- crests or troughs- that pass a point in a certain amount of time. |
What is amplitude? | Amplitude is the distance between waves mid-point and its crest or trough. |
What is a transverse wave? | A transverse wave is a wave in which the crests and troughs move at right angles to the direction of the waves travel. |