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Light waves
Term | Definition |
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Crest | The top of a wave/ tip of a wave |
Trough | The bottom of a wave |
Wavelength | The length between two troughs or two crests |
Frequency | The number of troughs or crests in a wave ("loops" in a wave) |
Amplitude | The length/ distance between a trough and midpoint or a crest and midpoint. |
Transverse Wave | A type of wave when the troughs and crests move to the right direction |
Reflection | light bouncing off of an object |
Refraction | the bending of light rays as they enter a new medium |
Color Spectrum | ROYGBIV |
Light | energy that you can see |
ROYGBIV | Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indiago, violet |