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light waves
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| crest | The crest is the highest point of a wave |
| trough | The trough is the lowest point of a wave |
| wavelength | The wave length is the length of two points in a wave, between the two troughs or the two crests |
| frequency | number of waves that pass through in a certain period of time |
| amplitude | The height of a wave |
| transverse waves | A wave that goes up and down |
| light | Light is energy that you can see |
| reflection | light can bounce off certain objects |
| refraction | the bending of light waves as they enter a new medium |
| color spectrum | different frequency's of light |
| ROYGBIV | red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet |