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Light Waves Science
Light Waves
Term | Definition |
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Crest | The high point of a wave. |
Trough | The low point of a wave. |
Wavelength | The distance between one trough and the next trough. Or the distance between two crests. |
Frequency | The number of waves (crests or troughs) that pass a point in a given amount of time. |
Amplitude | The distance between a waves mid-point and its crest of trough. |
Transverse Waves | A wave in which the crests and troughs move at right angles to the direction of the waves travel. |
What is light | Energy that you can see. |
Reflection | Is when light reflects off an object. |
Refraction | The bending of light as they enter a new medium (medium= anything that will be in the way of a light wave). |
Color spectrum | All the colors in ROYGBIV make up the color spectrum. Color is different frequencies of visible light. |
ROYGBIV | Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet |