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Wave vocb
Term | Definition |
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Absorption | The transfer of energy from a wave medium |
Amplitude | The distance between the highest crest and the resting |
Barrier | Something that blocks the way |
Bend | To turn or force from straight or even to curved or angular |
Brightness | the lightness or darkness of reflected light |
color | what you see when light shines off an object |
color filter | a transparent material that absorbs some come colors and allows others to pass thought |
Echo | A repeated sound that is caused by reflection of a sound wave from a surface |
Electromagnetic Wave | A form of energy that can travel through empty space |
Frequency | The number of times a wave repeats in a given amount of time |
Lens | A curved piece of glass or plastic designed to refract light in a specific way |
Light wave | waves that come from a light source |
Matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
mechanical wave | a wave that requires a media to travel through |
media | matirial through witch a wave travel |
Mirror | A reflective surface |
path | also know as trajectory |
Prism | A piece of glass or transparent material that bends light |
propagate | the way waves travel |
Proportion | something changes with regard to something else |
ray | The movement of light from its source to a surface or object |
ray diagram | Shows how light travel including what happens when it hits surface |
reflection | waves bouncing off a media |
refraction | the bending of waves do to a lose of speed |
sound waves | a vibration ,or wave that travels through, matter and can be heard |
transparent | allows light to travel through |
transmit | to cause waves to pass through a media |
VIsible light spectrum | the portion of electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can view |
Wave | Any disturbance that energy from place to place |
wavelength | The distance the wave travels before it starts to repeat |