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Science light waves
Term | Definition |
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Crest | Top of a wave |
trough | Bottom of a wave |
Wavelength | The length between two troughs or two crests |
Frequency | The number of waves that pass a point in a given time |
Aplitude | The distance between a wave mid-point and its crest or trough |
Transverse wave | A wave in which the crest and troughs move at right angles to the directoin the wave travels |
Light definitoin | Energy you can see |
Reclectoin | Is when light bounces off another object |
Refractoin | The bending of a light waves as it moves from one material to another |
Color spectrum | The entire range of light wavelengths visible to the human eye |
ROYGBIV | Red,Orange Yellow,Green,Blue,Indigo,Violet |