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Light, Color, and Sound

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photons   a bundle of energy that is released when an atom loses some energy  
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frquencey   the numberof waves that passa point in a given amount of time  
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amplitude   the distance betweena waves's mid- point and it's crest  
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transverse waves   a wave in which the crest move in right angles to the direction of the waves travel  
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convex mirror   a mirror whose center sectoin curves toward an object  
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concave mirror   a mirror center section curves away from an object  
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refraction   the bending of a light wave as it moves from one material to another  
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focal point   the point at which light rays meet when reflected or refracted  
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laser light   light of a single wave lengh with all the waves lined up  
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opaque   allows some light thourgh  
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music   pleasent sound with regular wave paterns  
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noise   sound with no regular wave pattern  
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transparent   allows light to pass thourgh so that objects on the other side can be seen  
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compressional wave   wave in which matter virbrates in the same direction as the energy waves traveling thourgh it  
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intensity   a measure of the amount of energy in a wave  
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sonar   a device which uses sound waves to measure distance  
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