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Light Waves
Light waves
Term | Definition |
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Light | Energy that you can see |
Crest | The top of a wave |
Trough | The bottom of the wave |
Wavelength | The length between two waves |
Frequency | The amount of time that wave is repeated |
Amplitude | The maximum extent of vibration |
Transverse wave | A wave vibrating at right angles to any direction |
Reflection | Light bouncing off an object |
Refraction | Being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one or more surfaces |
Color Spectrum | The entire range of light wavelengths visible to the human eye. |
ROYGBIV | Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet |