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light waves
Term | Definition |
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light | energy that you can see |
reflection | light bouncing off a object |
refraction | the bending of light rays as they enter a new medium |
crest | on the top of the wave |
trough | At the way bottom of the crest |
wave lenght | the measureing of the wave |
frequency | the number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time |
amplitude | the distance between a waves mid-point and its crest |
transverse wave | a wave in witch the crest and troughts move at right angles to the direction of the waves travel |
roygbiv | the order of the rainbow due with light |
red orange yellow green blue indigo violet | colors of the rainbow |