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Light Waves
Light waves
Question | Answer |
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Light | Light is energy that you can see |
Reflection | Light bouncing off an object |
Refraction | the bending of light rays as they enter a new medium |
Color Spectrum | The group of colors that a ray of light can be separated into,including:ROYGBIV |
ROYGBIV | Red,Orange,yellow,green,blue,indigo,violet |
Crest | The high point on a wave |
Trough | The low point on a wave |
Wavelength | The length of a wave from crest to crest or trough to trough |
Frequency | The number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time |
Amplitude | The distance between a waves midpoint and it's crest or trough |
Transverse Wave | wave in which the crests or troughs move at right angles to the direction of the waves travel |