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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 positon |
Barrier | something 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 (intensity of light) |
Color | what you see when light shines (reflects or emits) off an object |
Color filter | a transparent material that absorbs some colors and allows others to pass through |
Echo | a repeted 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 piece of glass or plastic designed to refract light in a specific way |
light wave | waves that come from a light sourse (ex: visible light - ROYGBIV) |
matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
Mechanical wave | a wave that requires a medium to travel through |
Medium/Media | material through which a wave travels |
Mirror | a reflecting surface |
path | also known as trajectory; is the path an object follows in space |
prism | a piece of glass or transparent material that bends light |
propagate | a wave that travle or move |
proportion | something that changes with regard to somthing else |
Ray | the movement of light from its source to a surface object |
Ray diagram | shows how light travles, including what happens when it reaches a surface |
Refraction/Refracted | the bending of waves due to a change in speed |
sound wave | a vibration, or wave, that travels through matter (solid,liquid,gas) and can be heard |
transmit | to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass though a medium |
transparent | allows light to pass through |
Visible light spectrum | the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can view |
wave | any disturbance that transfers energy from place to place |
wavelength | the distance the wave travels before it starts to repeat |