Science Vocabulary from Mrs.Sarvis' Class.
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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| Medium | A material through which waves travel. It can be a solid, liquid, or gas.
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| Wave | A repeating disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place.
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| Frequency | Is a measure of how many waves pass a point in a certain amount of time.
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| Amplitude | A measure of the distance between a line through the middle of the wave and a crest or trough.
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| Wavelength | A measure of the distance from the crest on one wave on the crest on the very next wave.
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| Speed | The measure of the distance a wave travels in an amount of time.
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| Refraction | Is the bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at an angle other than 90 degrees.
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| Reflection | The bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary that does not absorb the entire waves energy.
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| Transmission | Waves that occur when waves pass through a given point or medium.
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| Absorption | Certain frequencies of light occurs when the energy is not transferred through or reflected by, the given medium.
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