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Light Waves
Vocabulary Set for Light Waves
Term | Definition |
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crest | top of a wave |
trough | bottom of a wave |
wavelength | crest to crest or trough to trough |
amplitude | distance between a wave's mid-point and its crest or trough |
transverse wave | the crests and troughs move at right angles to the direction of wave's travel |
frequency | the number of crests or troughs that pass a point in a given amount of time |
reflection | light or sound wave bouncing off an object |
refraction | the bending of a light wave moving from one material to another |
color spectrum | different frequencies of colors of light |
ROY G BIV | Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet |