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Term | Definition |
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Crest | the high point of a wave |
Trough | the low point on a wave |
Wavelength | the distance between two points |
Frequency | number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time |
Amplitude | distance between a wave's mid-point and its crest or trough |
Transverse Wave | a wave in which the crests and troughs move in right angles to the direction of the wave's travel |
Light | energy you can see |
Reflection | light reflects off objects and its surface can change the way the light bounces off of it |
Refraction | the bending of light rays as they enter a new medium |
Color spectrum | on the color spectrum each color represents a change of frequency in visible light |
ROYGBIV | the colors on the spectrum- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet |