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Wave Characteristics
Review for Test on Wave Characteristics and Visible Light
Term | Definition |
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Transmission | When light goes through an object |
Reflection | When light bounces off an object |
Absorption | When light goes into, or gets absorbed by an object |
Frequency | The number of waves that go by in one second |
Wavelength | The distance from the top of one crest to the next crest |
Amplitude | The height of a wave |
Crest | The top of a wave |
Trough | The bottom of a wave |
Medium | Any physical thing that a wave can travel through |
White Light | A combination of all frequencies of visible light together |
Black | When all colors of white light are absorbed |
White | When all colors of white light are reflected |
Blue | When blue light is reflected but all other frequencies of light are absorbed by an object |
Red | When red light is reflected but all other frequencies of light are absorbed by an object |
Wave | The movement of energy from one place to another |