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waves vocab

absorption the transfer of energy from a wave to a medium
amplitude the distance between the highest crest and the resting position
barrier somthing that blocks the way an obstacle
bend to turn to froce from staght or evevn to curved or agular
brighness the lightness or darkness of refelcted light intesity
color what you see when light shines reflects or emits off and object
color fillter a transparent merterail that asrobs colors and allows them to pass throgh
echo a repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of a sound wave from a surface
elctromagnetic wave a form of energy that can travel trogh empty
freqency the number of times a wave repeats in a given amount of time
lens a curved piece of glass or plastic designed to refract light a specific way
light wave waves that come from a light source
matter anything that takes of space
mechichanical wave a wave that requires a med to travel through
med/media a merterail throuh witch a wave travels throuh
mirror a refelcting surface
path also known as trajectory is the path an object follows in space
prsim a piece of glass or transparent materail that bends light
propgate the way a wave travels
proprotion somthing that changes with regaurd to somthing else
ray the movement of light from its soruce to a surface of light
ray diagram shows how light travels including what happens when it reaches the surface
reflection waves bounceing off a meduim
refraction/refracted the bening of waves due to the change of speed
sound wave a vibration or wave that travels through mattersolid
trasmit to cause (light heat sound ect) to pass through a meduim
transparent allows light to pass through
tranparnt allows light to pass through
visiable light spectrum the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can view
wave any disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
wavelength the distance the wave travels before it starts to repeat
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