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Light Waves

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Crest   The highest point of a wave.  
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Trough   The lowest point of a wave.  
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Wavelength   The distance between each wave.  
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Frequency   A number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time.  
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Amplatude   The length between the middle to either the crest or trough.  
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Transverse Wave   A wave in which the crests or trough move at a right angles to the direction of the waves travel.  
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Reflection   the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.  
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Refraction   The fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, etc., being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density.  
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Color Spectrum   The bending of light rays as they enter a new medium.  
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Light   the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.  
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ROYGBIV   Roy G. Biv is an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colors; the distinct bands are an artifact of human color vision.  
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