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waves vocab
Term | Definition |
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Absorption | The transfer of energy from a wave to a medium. |
Amplitude | the distance between the highest crest and the resting position |
barrier | somthing that blocks the way an obstacle |
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 and object |
color filter | a transparent materiel that absobs some colors and allows other other to pass throught |
echo | a repeated sound that is caused by the 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 peice of glass or plastic designed to refract light in a specific way |
light wave | waves that come from a light sorce |
matter | anything that has mess and takes up space |
mechanical wave | a wave that requires a medium to travel through |
mirror | a reflecting surface |
path | also known as trajectory is a path an object follows in space |
prism | a piece of glass or transparent material that bend light |
propagate | the way waves travel or move |
proportion | somthing changes with regard to somthing else |
ray | the movment of light from its source to a surface or object |
ray diagram | shows how light travels including what happends when it reaches a surface |
reflection | waves bouncing off a medium |
refraction/refracted | the bending of waves due to a changed in speed |
sound wave | a vibration or wave that travels through matter soild liquid or gase and can be heard |
transmit | to cause light, heat,sound,etc to pass through a medium |
transparent | allows light to pass throught |
visible light spectrum | the portion of the elctromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can ciew |
wave | any disturbance that transfer energy from place to place |
wavelength | the distans the wave travels before it starts to repeat |