Wave
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Compressional Wave | Mechanical wave that causes particles in matter to move back and forth along the direction the wave travels.
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| Diffraction | Bending of waves around an object.
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| Electromagnetic Spectrum | Complete rage of electromagnetic wave frequencies and wavelengths.
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| Electromagnetic Waves | Waves that can travel through matter or empty space, includes radio waves, infrared waves,visible light waves, ultraviolet waves, X rays, and gamma rays.
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| Frequency | Number of wavelengths that pass a given point in one second, measured in hertz.
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| Infrared Waves | Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths between about one thousandth of a meter and 700 billionths of a meter.
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| Intensity | Amount of energy a wave carries past a certain area each second.
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| Law of reflection | States that the angle the incoming wave makes with the normal of the reflecting surface equals the angle the reflected wave makes with the surface.
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| Pitch | Human perception of the frequency of sound.
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| Refraction | Change in direction of a wave when it changes speed as it travels from one material into another.
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| Reverberation | Repeated echoes of sound waves.
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| Transverse Wave | Mechanical wave that causes particles in matter to move at right angles to the direction the wave travels.
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| Ultraviolet Wave | Electromagnetic wave with wavelength between about 400 billionths and 10 billionths of a meter.
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| Wave | Disturbance that move through matter and space and carries energy.
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| Wavelength | Distance between one point one a wave and the nearest point moving with the same speed and direction.
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