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Light Waves
What are light Waves
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crest | The top of the wave |
| Trough | The bottom of the wave |
| Wavelength | How long the wave is |
| Amplitude | Length from the middle to the top or middle to the bottom |
| Frequency | The number of waves that pass a point |
| Transverse Wave | A wave in which the crests and the troughs move at the right direction of the waves travel |
| Light | Energy that you can see |
| Reflection | Light will bounce of the object, it will go in the same direction or the different direction |
| Refraction | The bending of an object entering a new medium |
| Color Spectrum | Is ROYGBIV |
| ROYGBIV | Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet |